Setback for Indian Railways; 3 trains derailed within 9 hours

Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Khandala witness train derailment – three in one day. Within a span of nine hours the incidents were reported. the latest in a string of such incidents saw the exit of Suresh Prabhu as railway minister in the Cabinet reshuffle last Sunday. The first derailment occurred at 6:25 am when seven coaches of the Jabalpur-bound Shaktipunj Express went off the tracks near the Obra Dam station in UP’s Sonbhadra district. Within hours, around 11:45 am, the Ranchi-Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed near Minto bridge in the national capital, leaving one person injured. These were followed by yet another derailment of a goods train in Maharashtra’s Khandala at 3:55 pm, railway officials said. These mishaps occurred when Piyush Goyal, the new Railway Minister, chaired a high-level meeting with Railway Board officials to discuss possibilities in order to ensure safe operation of trains. -PTC News