12 Wagons of Freight Train Derailed in UP's Amroha, Oppn Attacks Centre

Twelve wagons of a Delhi-bound freight train derailed near the Amroha railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening, officials said. No one was injured in the accident.

The mishap just comes three days after eight coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh express passenger train derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda. At least four people were killed in the accident while 31 were injured.

Moradabad Division’s Senior Deputy Commercial Manager (DCM) Aditya Gupta said that “12 wagons of a goods train derailed just after crossing the Amroha railway station around 5 pm”.

The Northern Railway CPRO said the accident happened at the Amroha Yard on the Ghaziabad-Moradabad section, disrupting train movement on the route.

Several Trains Diverted

Fifteen trains have been either diverted or cancelled, railway sources said. “In the meantime, trains on this route are being diverted via Ghaziabad, Hapur and Gajraula,” Gupta said.

Work to restore movement of trains on the section is underway and is expected to be completed by Sunday morning, officials said.

The official further said the freight train “was coming from Uttarakhand and was headed for Delhi, and the contents of the wagons which got derailed are not known”.

Congress Targets Railway Minister For Recurring Train Accidents

Soon after the incident, the Congress party dug up an old tweet regarding a train accident from Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and asked him to pin the post in light of such recurring rail mishaps.

The tweet said “Heading to the accident site” and the opposition party asked the minister that he should keep it as his pinned social media post as he has to use it repeatedly.

The grand old party also posted a video of the train accident and alleged that the Modi government’s negligence ruined the condition of the Indian Railways.

“During the Modi government, news of train accidents used to come every few days, but now such news is coming every day. The government’s negligence has ruined the railways, which are called the lifeline of the country,” Congress wrote on X.

In one such similar incident, a wagon of a goods train derailed between Valsad and Surat stations in Gujarat on Friday but there were no reports of anyone getting injured, a Western Railway official said.

The traffic on the route, however, was affected due to the incident that took place near Dungri station around 3 pm, he said.

The train was heading towards Surat.