Sabarmati Express derails near Kanpur after engine hits object placed on track

Twenty coaches of the Sabarmati Express passenger train derailed near Govindpuri station in Kanpur early Saturday after the engine hit an “object placed on the track", rail officials said. There is no report of any loss of life or injury in the accident.

The Varanasi-Ahmedabad train derailed between Kanpur and Bhimsen railway station around 2.35 am. Rescue and relief operations are underway, officials said.

Railway Board officials said involvement of miscreants or anti-social elements is being looked into as prima facie it appears that the engine hit an object placed on track.

According to the Railways, seven trains have been cancelled and three diverted due to the derailment.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the engine of Sabarmati Express hit an object placed on the track and derailed near Kanpur at 02:35 am today.