Heavy casualties were feared when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed after a blast on the railway lines and fell on the down line where it was hit by a goods train in the early hours today in West Midnapore district. The blast took place at around 1.30 am when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Deluxe Express was between Khemasoli and Sardiya stations of the Maoist-hit district, South Eastern Railway sources said. Though the Railways could not give the figure for casualty, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee who was rushing to the spot, announced Rs 5 lakh for the next of kin of each of the dead and Rs 1 lakh for the injured. |
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