Two persons including a woman were killed and nine injured when 10 bogies of a Jammu-bound train went off the rails here on Monday, disrupting train traffic for hours on Allahabad—Kanpur route.
Earlier in the day, Railway officials in Delhi had said that three persons had lost their lives in the incident. An official statement from the Railway Ministry later put the number of the dead at two.
The Muri Express, on way to Jammu Tawi, derailed between Sirathu and Atsarai stations and one of its bogies overturned, Chief PRO, North Central Railway, Vijay Kumar said.
The deceased are Mohini Sethi of Allahabad and Govind Ram of Jharkhand.
“Nine injured have been rushed to a hospital, where the condition of three is stated to be critical,” said IG (Law and Order), A. Satish Ganesh in Lucknow.
“The train was running about three hours behind schedule and the incident took place an hour after it had crossed the Allahabad Junction,” NCR PRO Amit Malaviya said.
The Commissioner, Railway Safety, will conduct the inquiry to ascertain the cause of derailment, Railways spokesperson Anil Saxena said in Delhi.
While Rs. 2 lakh will be given to the kin of the passengers who died, Rs. 50,000 will be given to those who sustained serious injuries and Rs. 20,000 for minor injuries.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav also announced an ex gratia of Rs. 2 lakhs for the families of deceased. He asked Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan to make available all necessary help to the victims.
The derailment has affected train traffic. At least three trains were cancelled, a number of others diverted and 170 passenger and freight trains along the Allahabad-Kanpur route were delayed.
