A deadly train collision is potentially embarrassing for the government of Narendra Modi, given its heavy emphasis on developing railways and roads
7pm on June 2nd when a train travelling from Kolkata in West Bengal to Chennai, 1,700km down India’s east coast, smashed at full speed into a parked freight train in the state of Odisha 250km south of Kolkata. The passenger train’s coaches were derailed and collided with the rear coaches of another train travelling in the opposite direction.
The cause of the accident, the deadliest on India’s railways since 1999, when at least 290 people died in a train collision in West Bengal, is still unclear. An initial report pointed to a signal failure, though experts say that would not normally lead to such a calamity. The railways minister has hinted that equipment was tampered with and ordered a criminal probe.
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