23 dead in a train collision near Guna in Madhya Pradesh
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, September 20, 2010
23 dead and 30 injured in the accident
In an unfortunate accident in the early hours on Monday, 23 passengers lost their lives and 30 were injured when an empty goods train collided head-on with the Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express (1125 Down). Indore Gwalior Intercity Express was stationed at a platform of Badarwas railway station between Guna and Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal Division of West Central Railway.
This resulted in damages to one Guard-cum-luggage-cum-Passenger (SLR) coach and three ordinary General Class coaches of Intercity Express. All the passengers in the remaining coaches of Intercity Express are safe. All the injured were immediately shifted to Civil Hospitals in Guna and Shivpuri.
The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee has has announced an ex-gratia of 5 lakh rupees to the next kin of the dead and 1 lakh rupees each to grievously injured passengers and 50 thousand rupees to those who sustained simple injuries.
She has also announced jobs in the Railways to one person of the deceased's family. The Railway Minister has given instructions to Railway officials for the speedy relief and rescue operation and for undertaking effective medical treatment to the injured passengers.
