Following the Andhra train accident, Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal and leader of the Trinamool Congress, questioned Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, saying, “When will the railways come out of the slumber?”
Mamata Banerjee tweeted on X, “Yet another horrific rail accident, this time in the Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, involving two passenger trains, and causing until now at least 8 deaths and injury of at least 25 more.”
“Helpless passengers trapped in coaches and succumbing to fate: this is becoming a most unfortunate repetitive trope!” Mamata said. “Frontal collisions between trains, derailment of compartments.”
She also “demanded for most expeditious rescue actions and inquiry forthwith!” and showed support for the victims’ families. “When will the railroads awaken from their sleep?”
Nine people have died as a result of the Andhra train accident, according to an East Coast Railway official, and rescue efforts are still ongoing in the Vizianagaram area.
Rescue efforts in the Vizianagaram area are still ongoing. According to the statistics, there are nine fatalities and twenty-nine injuries. CPRO Biswajit Sahu of East Coast Railway informed reporters as much.
In the Vizianagaram region of Andhra Pradesh, a few coaches derailed when the Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train collided with another Visakhapatnam-Ragada train that was traveling along the same route on Sunday night, according to authorities.
According to the Divisional Railway Manager, the accident affected three carriages.
The passenger train traveling from Visakhapatnam to Palasa and from Visakhapatnam to Ragada collided in the back. The collision included three carriages. Rescue efforts have begun, and the NDRF and local government have been notified to provide support and ambulances. The Divisional Railway Manager reported that accident relief trains had arrived at the scene.
As an update on the train catastrophe, Waltair Division Railway manager Saurabh Prasad said, “In the middle line we had two passenger trains which were moving…We had around five coaches—three from the front train and two from the back train—that derailed when the rear train arrived and overshot the signal.Some individuals are confined to these carriages.Taking care of the people who are confined inside is our first responsibility. Our teams, SDRF, and NDF are all currently at work.Over thirty persons sustained injuries.Rescue operations are underway.
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan, issued an order directing the dispatch of as many ambulances from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli, along with rapid relief efforts.
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Office posted on X (formerly Twitter) that “CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered to take immediate relief measures and to send as many ambulances from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli, the nearest districts of Vizianagaram, and to make all kinds of arrangements in nearby hospitals to provide good medical care.””
The CMO said that the Chief Minister has given instructions to liaise with other government agencies, such as the police, health, and revenue, in order to take immediate action to relieve the wounded and guarantee that they get timely medical attention.