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The 2023 Odisha train collision is one of the deadliest rail accidents with 296 casualties. Indian Railways operates India's railway system and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India. As of 2023, it maintains over 108,706 km (67,547 mi) of tracks and operates over 13,000 trains daily. [1]
On 17 June 2024, Kanchanjunga Express (Train No. 13174), a passenger train was traveling from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah in West Bengal.The train had left New Jalpaiguri Junction, crossed Rangapani railway station, a non-stopping station at 8:27 IST and stopped some distance before the Chatterhat railway station on the Katihar–Siliguri line, waiting for clearance to proceed further.
In the aftermath of the train crash, messages were circulated blaming Muslims for the accident on different social media platforms and WhatsApp groups. Odisha Police termed these events as "highly unfortunate" and warned of criminal action against perpetrators of false information.
The crash occured around 7.20pm, when a passenger train derailed, sending some of its cars onto the opposing track, an accident that eventually ensnared three trains altogether. Survivor of Odisha ...
101 bodies yet to be identified and 200 injured receiving treatment, officials say. 06:08, Shweta Sharma. A top railway official has said 101 dead bodies are yet to be identified and out of 1,100 ...
Over 40 people from Bihar killed in Odisha train mishap. 09:30, Alisha Rahaman Sarkar. At least 43 people who died in the fatal train collapse in Odisha were from the neighbouring state of Bihar ...
Rescuers bring 100 bodies to Odisha state capital as families gather to identify their loved ones
In the Indian state of Bihar, on June 6, 1981, a passenger train carrying more than 800 passengers [1] between Mansi (Dhamara Pul) and Saharsa, derailed while crossing a bridge and plunged into the river Bagmati. After five days, more than 200 bodies were recovered, with hundreds more missing that were feared washed away by the river.