“TRAGIC”
West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the accident” horrible” in a post on social media.
” Doctors, vehicles and crisis teams have been rushed to the blog for rescue, healing, medical support”, Banerjee said. ” Action on war footing initiated”.
Banerjee claimed the accident occurred in the Phansidewa region of Darjeeling area when a goods train struck the Kanchenjunga Express station.
The injured are being transported to the hospital, according to Ashwini Vaishnaw, the secretary of trains.
India’s rail network, which has one of the largest in the world, has experienced a number of tragedies over the years, including the worst in 1981 when a train derailed while crossing a gate in Bihar condition, killing an estimated 800 people.
In June last month, a three- teach collision killed roughly 300 people in Odisha condition.
India has recently made significant investments to improve the network with cutting-edge stations and electric signaling systems.
On Sunday, a coach crossed for the first time the nation’s highest railroad gate- 359m above a creek- in India’s Himalayan area, the railways secretary Vaishnaw said.
The arch-shaped metal construction over the Chenab River connects sections of northern Jammu and Kashmir state, establishing a link between the disputed territory and the rest of India.
The trial run for the railroad track comes ahead of a conventional beginning scheduled for within days, which has been continuing for nearly three decades.