THE 13009 HOWRAH-DEHRADUN DOON EXPRESS DERAILS BY 11 COACHES BETWEEN MIHRAWAN-KHETASARAISTATIONS OVER LUCKNOW DIVISION
11 coaches of 13009 Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express derailed at 1.15 p.m. between Mihrawan- Khetasarai stations of Lucknow Division today. 5 coaches i.e. S-5,S-6, S-7,SE-1, S-8 were capsized, B-1, B-2 & A-1 were slightly derailed andS-9 with two general coaches were derailed. As per the reports received 3 passengers have died and 15 passengers received injuries. The injured have been admitted in the nearby Hospital at Shahganj and Jaunpur.
Member Engineering, Railway Board, Sh. A.P. Mishra, Member Mechanical Railway Board , Keshav Chandra and Member Traffic, Railway Board Sh. K.K. Srivastava have rushed to the site. Additional General Manager, Northern Railway, Sh. B.P.Gupta alongwith the team ofsenior officers from Northern Railway, Headquarters have also rushed for the site. Divisional Railway Manager, Lucknow Sh. Jagdip Rai alongwith the Senior Divisional Officers, ART and Railway Doctors have already rushedfor the site. The team of Railway Officers and staff have reached the site to undertake rescueoperationand started the restoration work.
Railway Minister Sh. Mukul Roy has termed the incident as most unfortunate and tragic . He has expressed deep condolence over the death in the incident. He has announced enhanced amount of exgratia payment to the victims of the ill fated train i.e. Rs. 5.00 lacs in the case of death. Rs. 1 lac in the case of grievous injuries and Rs. 25 Thousand in the case of simple injuries. Minister for Railway is also rushing to the site of derailment fromKolkata.
Northern Railway has arranged a special train to clear the passengers of the ill fated train to their destination.
In order to provide information,Railways have setup the following Help Line Numbers:-
Sl. No.
Stations where helpline no. provided
Help line Numbers
1.
Lucknow
10720(Direct),
0522-2635844,)9794830972/3/6
Accident site-05278-220284
Mobile-09794833823
Lucknow Control-0522-2234525,
2234530
2.
Varanasi
0452-504655,2504657
3.
Shahganj
7379502024(M), 09794830695
4.
Faizabad
05278-220284
5.
Moradabad
0591-1072
6.
Bareilly
0581-2558161/62
7.
Haridwar
01334-226477/79/80
8.
Dehradun
0135-2624002/3,2623171
9.
Bandal
033-26316377
10
Bardhman
034-22566377
11
Shrirampore
033-26523070,
12
Howrah
033-22227267,26413660,26402241/2/3
13.
Asansol
0341-2304645.
14
Sealdah
033-23503076,23505982
