Jharkhand train accident that claimed two lives and injured 20 others on Tuesday disrupted several rail operations as the South Eastern Railway cancelled five trains, temporarily terminated four trains, and diverted several others.
At least 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on Tuesday. The accident occurred at 3.45 am near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway (SER).
1) 22861 Howrah-Titlagarh-Kantabanji Express
2) 08015/18019 Kharagpur-Jhargram-Dhanbad Express
3) 12021/12022 Howrah-Barbil-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express
4) 18109 Tatanagar-Itwari Express
5) 18030 Shalimar-LLT Express
1) 18114 Bilaspur-Tatanagar Express
2) 18190 Ernakulam-Tatanagar Express
3) 18011 Howrah-Charkradharpur Express
4) 18110 Itwari-Tatanagar Express
1) 12262 Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Duronto Express
2) 12130 Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express
3) 18005 Howrah-Jagdalpur Express
4) 12834 Howrah-Ahmedabad Express
5) 18477 Puri-Yogi Nagari Rishikesh Express
6) 18029 LTT Mumbai-Shalimar Express
7) 12859 CSMT Mumbai-Howrah Gitanjali Express
8) 12833 Ahmedabad-Howrah Express
9) 18112 Yesvantpur-Tatanagar Express
10) 20821 Pune-Santragachi Express
11) 12221 Pune-Howrah Duronto Express
12) 12890 SMVT Bengaluru-Tatanagar Express
13) 18478 Yog Nagari Rishikesh-Puri Express
14) 12101 LTT Mumbai-Shalimar Express
15) 12860 Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Gitanjali Express
16) 12810 Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Mail
17) 12767 Nanded-Santragachi Express
Two people were killed and 20 injured when 18 coaches of the Mumbai-Howrah Mail derailed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district early Tuesday, officials said. The incident happened at 3:45 AM near Badabamboo, about 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of South East Railway.
"Two persons were killed and 20 injured as 18 coaches of Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed near Barabamboo. Rescue operations are on and an NDRF team is rushing to the spot," said DC West Singhbhum Kuldeep Chaudhary, who is camping at the accident site.
It also issued helpline numbers: 022-22694040 for Mumbai, 08799982712 for Bhusawal, 7757912790 for Nagpur, 0657-2290324 for Tata, 06587-238072 for Chakradharpur, 0661-2501072 and 0661-2500244 for Rourkela and 06645-272530 for Jharsuguda, for Howrah 9433357920 and 033-26382217, and for Shalimar, are 7595074427 and 6295531471 and for Kharagpur, is 03222-293764.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee targeted the BJP-led central government over the Howrah- Mumbai Mail train accident that took two lives and left 20 people injured on Tuesday morning.
Calling it a “disastrous rail accident”, the TMC supremo asked, “Is this governance? This series of nightmares almost every week, this unending procession of deaths and injuries on railway tracks: for how long shall we tolerate this? Will there be no end to the callousness of Government of India?”
“Howrah- Mumbai mail derails in Chakradharpur division in Jharkhand today early morning, multiple deaths and huge number of injuries are the tragic consequences. My heart goes out to the bereaved families, condolences to the next of kin,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
