New Delhi: The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi criticised the Union government after the Bagmati Express from Mysuru to Darbhanga collided with a goods train near Kavarappettai railway station in Chennai on Friday.
Spotting similarities with the 2023 train accident in Balasore in Odisha that killed 293, Rahul accused that "no lessons are learned". In a post on X on Saturday, he wrote: " The Mysuru-Darbhanga train accident mirrors the horrific Balasore accident—a passenger train colliding with a stationary goods train. Despite many lives lost in numerous accidents, no lessons are learned. Accountability starts at the top. How many more families must be destroyed before this government wakes up?"
The Mysuru-Darbhanga train accident mirrors the horrific Balasore accident—a passenger train colliding with a stationary goods train.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 12, 2024
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More than half a dozen trains were diverted on Friday night following the accident. Expressing shock over the incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that he was continuously monitoring the rescue operations and confirmed that the injured passengers had been taken to the hospital.
திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டம் கவரைப்பேட்டையில் இரயில் விபத்து நடந்ததை அறிந்து அதிர்ச்சியடைந்தேன்.
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) October 11, 2024
தகவல் கிடைக்கப்பெற்றவுடன், மாண்புமிகு அமைச்சர் @Avadi_Nasar அவர்களையும் மற்றும் மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் உள்ளிட்ட அரசு அதிகாரிகளையும் விபத்து நடந்த இடத்திற்குச் செல்ல உத்தரவிட்டேன்.
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Taking to X, CM Stalin said, "I was shocked to know that there was a train accident in Kavaripettai, Tiruvallur district. As soon as the information was available, I ordered the Hon'ble Minister @Avadi_Nasar and other government officials including the District Collector to go to the accident site."
