{"id":226037,"date":"2023-10-13T00:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=226037"},"modified":"2023-10-13T00:20:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:50:50","slug":"several-coaches-of-north-east-express-derail-near-buxar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/10\/13\/several-coaches-of-north-east-express-derail-near-buxar\/","title":{"rendered":"Several coaches of North East Express derail near Buxar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BUXAR, 12 Oct:<\/strong> Several coaches of 12506 North East Express (Anand Vihar terminal in Delhi to Kamakhya in Assam) derailed near Raghunathpur station in Bihar&#8217;s Buxar district on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to PTI, chief public relations officer of the East Central Railway, Birendra Kumar said, &#8220;Several coaches of Kamakhya-bound North East Express derailed near Raghunathpur station in Buxar district around 9:35 pm. No casualty reports so far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though preliminary reports suggest no casualty so far, there is information that some passengers might have sustained minor injuries, said Kumar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have sent rescue and medical teams to the spot. The Railways has also issued emergency helpline numbers for passengers. These are 9771449971 (Patna), 8905697493 (Danapur), 8306182542 (Ara), 8306182542, and 7759070004,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to reporters, Railway Police Force Inspector Deepak Kumar said, &#8220;Medical teams have sent to the spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The district administration has also alerted hospitals in Buxar town, he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Assam govt monitoring situation: Sarma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, expressing condolences to the families of the deceased in the train mishap in Bihar, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said his government is closely monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least four passengers died and several others were injured when six coaches of the Anand Vihar-Kamakhya North East Express derailed on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. Praying for the quick recovery of those injured,&#8221; Sarma said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a separate post, he said that the state government is closely monitoring the situation and has established contact with local authorities as well as other agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All passengers of the train bound for Kamakhya in Guwahati, who were in a position to undertake the onward journey, boarded a relief train in the early hours of Thursday. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUXAR, 12 Oct: Several coaches of 12506 North East Express (Anand Vihar terminal in Delhi to Kamakhya in Assam) derailed near Raghunathpur station in Bihar&#8217;s Buxar district on Wednesday. Talking to PTI, chief public relations officer of the East Central Railway, Birendra Kumar said, &#8220;Several coaches of Kamakhya-bound North East Express derailed near Raghunathpur station [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-226037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national","7":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}