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TOI News Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Sep 19, 2024, 17:52 IST
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Indian Railways averted a major accident when the loco pilot of Gujarat Mail found an iron pole on the track between Bilaspur Road and Rudrapur City in Uttarakhand. The driver stopped, cleared the obstruction, and resumed safely. This follows multiple similar incidents across India, prompting investigations by railway authorities.
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways averted a potentially major accident after a bid was apparently made to derail the
Gujarat Mail
between Bilaspur Road and Rudrapur City in
Uttarakhand
.
According to officials, loco pilot of train number 12091 reported to station master of Rudrapur City about finding one 6-metre-long
iron pole
on the track between Bilaspur Road and Rudrapur City at km 43/10-11 on Wednesday.
The driver managed to stop the train well before the obstruction. He then cleared the track and then started the train safely, the officials added.
This comes after several similar incidents have been reported across the country.
Earlier, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said that the railways is probing the incidents of derailment of trains due to placing of boulders and roads and rods on the
railway track
.
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