Koraput-Rourkela Express; Indian Railway tragedy continues …..

A grieving accident took place in 10 km.  purview of  Titlagarh at Sikir  railway station on 3rd May 2011 at 12:27.Luckily more than 100 passangers escaped from certain death but 24 passangers were injured in this incident and they were admitted in Titlagarh Hospital.Out of the injured four were transferred to Visakhapatnam  Hospital.The story started at 12:15 am., when Koraput-Rourkela express(which is under the south east railways) leaved from Titlagarh railwaystation towards Rourkela.The train was quite empty and most of the passangers were in deep sleep.But it faced  an accident at Sikir railway station. as a goods train coming from other track hit the victim after being offlineed from it’s track.The news prevailed around like the ray.The rescue operation went uo to a fly, when along with railway staffs, Titlagarh youth and social activists joined in the operation.Four buggies along with the engine of the goods train was damaged, where as in the passanger train only the general buggie was hit, which caused the injury of 24 passangers.The injured were dent by the Lion’s club ambulance and private buses to the Hospital.All the trains travelling in that route are cancelled and the repairing of railway track in going on rapidly.Sambalpur division DRM arrived at the spot, but he refused  to say anything about the incident.Balangir SP Ajay  Sadangi and other administrative officials also arrived in a short time span after the incident took place.All the passangers were travelled to Balangir in just two buggies of the express train and also a special train went to Balangir along with the express.