2005's 11th mishap
November 9: Six persons killed and 25 others injured when a coal-laden goods train rammed into the middle of the Gomoh-Shaktinagar passenger train as it was pulling out from a loop line at the Barwadih station in Jharkhand's Lathehar district.
October 29: About 125 killed when bogies of a Secunderabad bound passenger train is washed away in a flash flood at Valigonda near Hyderabad.
October 3: 17 killed as Varanasi-Gwalior Bundelkhand Express derailed and crashed into a railway cabin near Datia station in Madhya Pradesh.
August 18: Two Toy trains collide at the stretch between Gayabari and Tindharia near Darjeeling denting the records of 125 year old history near Darjeeling.
July 28: 12 killed in a blast aboard the New Delhi bound Shramjeevi Express near Jaunpur in UP.
June 19: 32 passengers injured when the Puri bound Purushottam Express collided with a light engine on the same track near Gamharia in Jharkhand.
June 6: Two persons were killed and 30 injured when the engine and four bogies of Chittod-Mhow Shuttle derailed near Ratlam station in Madhya Pradesh.
April 21: 17persons died and 92 others injured when the Ahmedabad bound Sabarmati Express collided with a stationary goods train at the Samlaya railway station.
April 4: Several injured in a major fire in three coaches of the running Udayan Abha Toofan Express near Darauli station on Mughalsarai-Buxar section.
February 3: 52 people killed and several injured when a tractor-trolley carrying a marriage party was hit by a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing at Kanhan near Nagpur.
January 23: Five persons were killed when they were pushed out of stationary Farakka Express by troops of Rajputana Rifles, near Shikohabad in UP.
Compiled by: Deepak Kumar Jha
11 accidents in as many months. Lalu Prasad Yadav, whom our "Economist Prime Minister" calls "Vikas Purush" :-) , is the railway minister.
Lalu is going to be the railway minister for atleast next 4 years, ie nearly 50 months. You do the math.
Amen !
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