Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] Expressing grief over the Kanchenjunga Express, Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukant Majumdar on Monday said he will meet the injured people in the hospital.
Majumdar said, "I will reach Siliguri and go to the hospital to meet the injured people. Our MPs and MLAs are there. The Railway Minister will also reach there soon. We are with the people there in this state of grief."" ANI.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav also inspected the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site in Darjeeling district and said that the rescue operation has been completed.
"At present 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.,
Expressing concern over the incident, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav wrote in a post on Is being delivered." Senior officials have reached the spot.,
He said an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh would be provided to the victims in case of death, Rs 2.5 lakh for serious injuries and Rs 50,000 for minor injuries.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the Railway Ministry, accusing it of neglecting passenger amenities and the welfare of railway workers.
They (Railway Ministry) do not care about passenger amenities. They do not even care about railway officers, railway engineers, railway technical staff and workers. They are also in trouble. His old pension has been withdrawn. I am completely with the railway employees and railway officials. They are trying their best. But this government is only worried about elections. How to go for hacking, how to go for manipulation, how to go for election rigging... I think he should give more time to governance, not to rhetoric,” Mamata told ANI. Said while doing.
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.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 happened at around 9 in the morning.
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.
Majumdar said, "I will reach Siliguri and go to the hospital to meet the injured people. Our MPs and MLAs are there. The Railway Minister will also reach there soon. We are with the people there in this state of grief."" ANI.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav also inspected the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site in Darjeeling district and said that the rescue operation has been completed.
"At present 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.,
Expressing concern over the incident, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav wrote in a post on Is being delivered." Senior officials have reached the spot.,
He said an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh would be provided to the victims in case of death, Rs 2.5 lakh for serious injuries and Rs 50,000 for minor injuries.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the Railway Ministry, accusing it of neglecting passenger amenities and the welfare of railway workers.
They (Railway Ministry) do not care about passenger amenities. They do not even care about railway officers, railway engineers, railway technical staff and workers. They are also in trouble. His old pension has been withdrawn. I am completely with the railway employees and railway officials. They are trying their best. But this government is only worried about elections. How to go for hacking, how to go for manipulation, how to go for election rigging... I think he should give more time to governance, not to rhetoric,” Mamata told ANI. Said while doing.
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.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 happened at around 9 in the morning.
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.
