Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Monday inspected the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site in Darjeeling district and said that the rescue operation has been completed.
"Right now our focus is on restoration. This is the main line. The rescue operation has been completed. This is not the time for politics. I will also meet the injured," Vaishnav told reporters.
The Railway Minister also visited North Bengal Medical College in Siliguri and met the injured.
At least eight people were killed and around 25 to 30 injured when a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express near New Jalpaiguri on Monday morning, a senior North Frontier Railway (NFR) official said.
The accident took place at Ruidhasa near Rangpani station of Katihar Railway Division ahead of New Jalpaiguri Junction at around 8:45 am today. This area falls in Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district.
According to Sabyasachi Dey, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), the Kanchenjunga Express, running between Silchar in Assam and Sealdah in Kolkata, was going from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah when the goods train hit it from behind.
A wagon of the Kanchenjunga Express train was left hanging in the air after it was hit by a goods train at Ruidhasa near Rangpani station under Siliguri sub-division in Darjeeling district.
Meanwhile, rescue efforts are underway to rescue the stranded passengers. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and police teams are present at the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site at Ruidhasa in West Bengal's Darjeeling district.
"Right now our focus is on restoration. This is the main line. The rescue operation has been completed. This is not the time for politics. I will also meet the injured," Vaishnav told reporters.
The Railway Minister also visited North Bengal Medical College in Siliguri and met the injured.
At least eight people were killed and around 25 to 30 injured when a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express near New Jalpaiguri on Monday morning, a senior North Frontier Railway (NFR) official said.
The accident took place at Ruidhasa near Rangpani station of Katihar Railway Division ahead of New Jalpaiguri Junction at around 8:45 am today. This area falls in Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district.
According to Sabyasachi Dey, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), the Kanchenjunga Express, running between Silchar in Assam and Sealdah in Kolkata, was going from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah when the goods train hit it from behind.
A wagon of the Kanchenjunga Express train was left hanging in the air after it was hit by a goods train at Ruidhasa near Rangpani station under Siliguri sub-division in Darjeeling district.
Meanwhile, rescue efforts are underway to rescue the stranded passengers. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and police teams are present at the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site at Ruidhasa in West Bengal's Darjeeling district.
