Kanchanjunga Express Accident: Death toll rises to 15, over 60 injured

The accident took place around 11 km from New Jalpaiguri station in north Bengal, one of the largest and busiest stations in Northeast Frontier Railway zone in eastern and northeastern India

By Connect Gujarat Desk 17 Jun 2024

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Kanchanjunga Express Accident: Death toll rises to 15, over 60 injured

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a compensation of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased and ₹50,000 for injured after at least 15 passengers were killed and 60 passengers were injured after a goods train rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express from behind in West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri on Monday, reports sources.

Sources said that at least two bogies of the Kanchanjunga Express were derailed after the collision.

The accident took place around 11 km from New Jalpaiguri station in north Bengal, one of the largest and busiest stations in Northeast Frontier Railway zone in eastern and northeastern India.

The train was coming from Agartala and was heading to Sealdah station in Kolkata. The accident took place around 8:30 am.

“Rescue operations have started and injured passengers were being shifted to the hospital,” said a railway official posted in NJP.

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