A train accident was averted in south Tripura on Monday owing to the timely action of a worker.
The keyman, who was on his routine inspection, found that plates, screws and nuts had been removed from a section of the track in Bisramganj area of Sepahijala district, on the Agartala-Udaipur route. He informed the rail traffic control that immediately put a local passenger train, plying on the stretch, on halt just a kilometre away from the troubled spot.
“If the keyman concerned hadn’t been doing his daily inspection of the tracks, the passenger-packed Down 15681 would have fallen into a serious disaster, resulting loss of lives and injuries,” a railway official told The Hindu here on Tuesday.
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has not yet officially responded to the incident. However, it is learnt that the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has launched a probe into the sabotage.
The railway official said the damaged track was repaired on a war footing.
Frequent travellers on the Agartala-Udaipur-Agartala route have been demanding security posts at various points. Apart from damaging tracks, miscreants often throw stones at trains resulting in many injuries. The tracks pass through thickly wooded areas, hence the miscreants are rarely caught.
