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Three killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train
Thursday April 19, 2012 08:17:17 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Three people
were killed in Mumbai Thursday after they fell off an overcrowded
local train, railway officials said.
Fourteen people travelling in other packed trains were also
injured.
"A few passengers had fallen off between Nahur and Bhandup
(railway stations on the central line). It was further understood
that several passengers sought first aid at Bhandup, Vikhroli and
Ghatkopar stations. Rail officials visited the site and found two
passengers had died on the spot and one was grievously injured who
later died in the hospital," a Central Railway official said.
Those killed have been identified as Prateek Chedda, 24, Jiten
Wara, 29 and Ganesh Yadav, 20.
An ex-gratia compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the next of kin of the
three deceased passengers has been announced by the railway
ministry.
Central Railway, however, refused to accept responsibility of the
accident stating that since no rail structure including gantries,
masts, etc. were found infringing the movement of trains in that
stretch, this was a freak accident.
"It appears that this unfortunate and freak incident is a result
of extreme overcrowding on the train. It is also suspected that a
part of some object carried by passengers was protruding out of
the train and may have hit the maintenance platform attached to
the signal ladder, thereby causing the platform to dent," the
official said.
"Most of the injured have got injuries around elbow and arms, as
the level of platform is almost at the top of door level," he
added.
Central Railway further said that Railway Minister Mukul Roy has
expressed deep concern over the incident and has extended
condolences to the bereaved families.
Those injured have been identified as Chandramani Tiwari, Anand
Shegaonkar, Shailesh Kamble, Prashant Thorve, Bharat Saholiya,
Sachin Patil, Mayur Chedda, Ramchandran Mohan, Anuj Dubey and
Irfan Usman Shaikh.
Four others, who sustained minor injuries went their way after
taking the first aid treatment at the railway stations itself.
"An ex-gratia amount of Rs.500 to those with simple injures and
Rs.5,000 to those grievously injured is also being given and the
expenditure on account of hospitalisation of the injured
passengers is also being borne by Railways," the official said.
Meanwhile, the Government Railway Police have registered a case
against signal maintenance officials for negligence leading to the
fire in the signal room Wednesday.
Millions of commuters have had a harrowing time the last two days
after train services were curtailed following a fire in the main
signal cabin at Kurla station. Repair work on the fire-ravaged
signal network has been taken up on a war-footing, an official
said.
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