Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Central government over the train accident in Tamil Nadu and said that no lesson has been learned despite the loss of lives in several accidents. He asked how many more families must be ruined before the government wakes up.
Gandhi stressed that accountability starts from the top.
An express train running at a speed of 75 km per hour hit a stationary goods train in Tamil Nadu on Friday as it entered the loop line instead of the main line, railway officials said. He said that many passengers were injured in this accident and a compartment caught fire.
In a post on Twitter, Gandhi said, “The Mysore-Darbhanga train accident is similar to the Balasore accident – in which a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train.”
He said, “Despite many people losing their lives in several accidents, no lesson has been learned. Accountability starts from the top. How many more families must be ruined before this government wakes up.”
The Mysuru-Darbhanga train accident mirrors the horrific Balasore accident—a passenger train colliding with a stationary goods train.
Despite many lives lost in numerous accidents, no lessons are learned. Accountability starts at the top. How many more families must be… https://t.co/ggCGlgCXOE
—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 12, 2024
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also targeted the Central Government regarding the train accident. “Rail accidents have become so common in the country that despite happening one after another, neither accountability is being fixed nor any action is being taken by the government,” he said in a post in Hindi on his WhatsApp channel. “
He said, “Crores of common people of the country are forced to risk their lives and travel in running trains in an atmosphere of fear and chaos, because the government has turned its back on the responsibility of safe rail travel.”
Priyanka Gandhi said that once again an accident like Balasore has happened with Mysore-Darbhanga Express in Tamil Nadu. He asked, “When will this trend that has been going on for months stop? When will accountability be fixed?”
Meanwhile, the Railway Board has said that no casualties have been reported so far in the passenger-goods train collision in the Ponneri-Kavarpettai section of the Chennai Railway Division.
“We received information about the collision between the Bagmati Express and a goods train at Kavarpettai station in Chennai division. Rescue and relief teams immediately rushed to the accident site,” Dilip Kumar, executive director of the Information and Publicity Department of the Railway Board, said in a video message released soon after the accident. But reached.”
Mysore-Darbhanga Bagmati Express (train number 12578) collided with a goods train parked at Kavaraipettai railway station near Chennai on Friday night, injuring 19 passengers. The accident occurred around 8:30 pm between Ponneri and Kavaraipettai railway stations on the Chennai-Gudur section, resulting in the derailment of 12 coaches of the passenger train.
