Utkal Express derailment News
The derailment of Utkal Express had claimed almost 23 lives.
The action against the eight officers came hours after Member (Traffic) of the Railway Board, Mohd Jamshed, indicated that negligence appeared to have caused the derailment.
Besides actions against these five officials, a general manager and a Railway Board member have also been “sent on leave”, the ANI news agency reported.
At least 23 people were killed and over 40 others injured when 14 coaches of Puri-Haridwar-Kalinga Utkal Express derailed, with one of them crashing into a house adjacent to the track, in Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Saturday.
The railway ministry confirmed that the train disaster in Muzaffarnagar district has claimed 20 lives and left 92 injured out of which 22 are in critical condition.
Thirteen coaches of the high-speed Utkal Express on Saturday jumped the rails near Khatauli in UP.
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday directed the Chairman Railway Board (CRB) to fix responsibility on prima facie evidence by the evening, in connection with yesterday's Utkal Express derailment, which left 23 people dead and over 100 injured.
At least 23 people were killed and over 50 others were injured after 14 coaches of Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express derailed in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening.
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