The money spinning monkey business
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Tue, Mar 16 2021 17:06 IST |
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Lucknow, March 16 : The railways in Lucknow has hired two brothers, belonging to the Kalandar community, to shoo away monkeys by mimicking the voice of langur.
The Kalandar community is known for its expertise in training bears and monkeys.
The brothers Aslam, 29, and Rashid, 27, mimic the sounds made by langurs to scare off monkeys at the Charbagh railway station.
The brothers have been employed on a contract basis for six months.
According to railway officials, there are over 100 monkeys which roam around Charbagh railway station and snatch food from vendors and passengers and even damage CCTVs and electricity wires.
Two bogies of a train which was on its way to Jaynagar from Amritsar derailed in Lucknow on Monday morning, a railway official said. No casualty has been reported in the incident and the 4674 Shahid Express has left for its onward journey, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Jagtosh Shukla said. The incident took place around 8 am when the train left the platform at the Charbagh railway station and two of its bogies derailed, he said. The passengers of the derailed bogies were shifted to other compartments, Shukla added. According to railway sources, there was some commotion in the derailed bogies with the passengers raising an alarm but senior officers reached the spot and the situation was controlled.
Two bogies of train derail in Lucknow
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No casualty has been reported in the incident. Two bogies of a train which was on its way to Jaynagar from Amritsar derailed in Lucknow on Monday morning, a railway official said. No casualty has been reported in the incident and the 4674 Shahid Express has left for its onward journey, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Jagtosh Shukla said. The incident took place around 8 a.m. when the train left the platform at the Charbagh railway station and two of its bogies derailed, he said.
Two bogies of train derail in Lucknow
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January 18, 2021 Two bogies of a train which was on its way to Jaynagar from Amritsar derailed in Lucknow on Monday morning, a railway official said.
No casualty has been reported in the incident and the 4674 Shahid Express has left for its onward journey, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Jagtosh Shukla said.
The incident took place around 8 am when the train left the platform at the Charbagh railway station and two of its bogies derailed, he said.
The passengers of the derailed bogies were shifted to other compartments, Shukla added.
According to railway sources, there was some commotion in the derailed bogies with the passengers raising an alarm but senior officers reached the spot and the situation was controlled.