Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday paid a courtesy call on Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology on Saturday.
Tanakpur-bound Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi runs backwards after cattle run over ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 23:18 IST
Khatima (Uttarakhand) [India], March 17 (ANI): The Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi, heading towards Tanakpur in Uttarakhand, ran backwards on Wednesday after it ran over cattle between the Khatima-Tanakpur section, creating a bit of confusion among the passengers onboard.
According to the North Eastern Railways, the train did not derail and all passengers were transported safely to Tanakpur. The incident took place after cattle run over. The train stopped just short of the Khatima yard safely. There was no derailment and all passengers are safe, they were transported to Tanakpur. A grade-level inquiry has been ordered in the incident, an official statement from the ministry of railways said.
Watch: Train Rolls Backwards For 35 Kilometres In Uttarakhand Watch: Train Rolls Backwards For 35 Kilometres In Uttarakhand After the train was stopped at Khatima, the passengers were sent to Tanakpur by bus.
Visuals show the train passing through a station at a considerable speed.
A train going from Delhi to Uttarakhand s Tanakpur rolled backwards for over 35 kilometres after it developed a technical snag. It was finally stopped at the state s Khatima, around 330 kilometres from the national capital.
According to reports, the driver of the Purnagiri Janshatabdi Express had to slam brakes to avoid collision with an animal that had strayed onto the tracks. After the incident, the driver lost control of the locomotive and the entire train started rolling backwards.