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Derailed goods train in Harishchandrapur

Malda, November 6: Two coaches of the goods train derailed and overturned The incident took place on Monday afternoon at Harishchandrapur station of Northeast Frontier Railway Fortunately, there was no major damage in this accident Train movement was not disrupted in that way Officials of North East Frontier Railway reached the spot after receiving the information Work is in progress to evacuate the affected coaches and remove them from the line However, the railway officials have started an investigation on how this accident happened According to them, a major accident could have happened if a passenger train had crossed the track at that time

It is known that the freight train was going to Katihar from Pakur in Bihar, loaded with stones in some coaches. The weight of each compartment of the freight train was being checked at the railway weybridge at Harishchandrapur station. Then slowly the freight car was going up track At that time, two coaches derailed near the western cabin of the station The driver stopped the engine after realizing this The news goes to the station Line number four is blocked The engineers of Katihar Division of Railways came to the spot after receiving the news It can be seen that one of the two derailed carriages is loaded with stones but the other carriage is empty Stones were quickly removed from the overturned coach as per the instructions of the railway authorities At present, the work of removing the two accident-prone coaches from the line is going on

Sahdev Sahani, a railway worker present at the scene, said that a freight train loaded with ballast derailed at Harishchandrapur railway station at around 11:50 am today. However, some compartments were empty Lines 4 and 5 have been blocked for this accident Hope everything will be fine soon Train movement will also be normal However, the train movement was not disrupted due to this incident Trains are running on remaining lines The goods train was going from Pakur to Katihar If a passenger train was passing on the side line at the time of the accident, an incident like Balasore could have happened Fortunately nothing happened As to why the freight train met with the accident, only the officials of the concerned department of the railways can say subject to investigation.”

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