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LATEST NEWS:-At least 35 people were killed and over 200 injured in train accident.
THE HINDU NEWSPAPER REPORTS->
“Rescue workers have not been able to enter two of the bogies, ” Superintendent of Police, Fatehpur, Ram Bharose said, adding the dead included women and children.
While some of the bogies had toppled, others were turned into mangled heap of metal. The crowded general...
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compartment behind the engine was the worst hit. Gas cutters and other equipment were used to cut through the metal in the AC and other coaches to rescue the trapped passengers."
“A number of passengers are still inside the bogies and attempts are on to take them out, ” officials said several hours after the accident."
Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy said, "adding helplines have been opened at both the Howrah and Delhi stations."
Mr. Roy said-" families of the dead would be given an ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakh, while the seriously injured would get Rs. 1 lakh and those with minor injuries would be given Rs. 25, 000."
Meanwhile, anxious relatives and friends of the passengers, many of them in tears, gathered at Howrah, Kanpur and other stations to enquire about the fate of their loved ones. However, they faced a difficult time as information was trickling in at a slow pace.
The Eastern Railway said-" it will run a special train from Howrah to take relatives of passengers to Malwa."