Egypt s Rail Network is Accident-Prone Published April 22nd, 2021 - 07:52 GMT
Qalyubia rail accident in Cairo (AFP)
Egypt has witnessed many train accidents in recent weeks, with dozens of people being killed. The first accident was in late March and was due to a collision between two trains in Sohag Governorate in southern Egypt, which resulted in 199 injuries and 20 deaths.
In mid-April, another accident occurred in Dakahlia Governorate, north of Cairo, where two carriages derailed due to a train exceeding the speed limit in a maintenance zone, injuring 15 people. The latest incident occurred on Sunday in another Egyptian governorate, Qalyubia, which is adjacent to Cairo. Here, four carriages derailed and overturned, leading to at least 11 deaths.
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Egypt moves to stop the bleeding on dilapidated rail network
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April 21, 2021 22:13
People inspect the damage after two trains collided near the city of Sohag, Egypt, March 26, 2021. (Reuters)
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Egypt has witnessed many train accidents in recent weeks, with dozens of people being killed. The first accident was in late March and was due to a collision between two trains in Sohag Governorate in southern Egypt, which resulted in 199 injuries and 20 deaths. In mid-April, another accident occurred in Dakahlia Governorate, north of Cairo, where two carriages derailed due to a train exceeding the speed limit in a maintenance zone, injuring 15 people. The latest incident occurred on Sunday in another Egyptian governorate, Qalyubia, which is adjacent to Cairo. Here, four carriages derailed and overturned, leading to at least 11 deaths.
Medical professionals in Sohag Governorate are calling for urgent measures to combat a sharp rise in coronavirus cases as hospitals turn patients away. Head of the doctor s union in Sohag, Mahmou.
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KUWAIT CITY, April 20: More than a year has passed since the visa-trading scandal was exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, its repercussions still create more problems and reveal thousands of victims who lost their savings and became victims of the traffickers trading on the sweat of the poor, reports Al-Qabas daily. According to official sources within the Egyptian government, conflicts recently erupted between tribes in Upper Egypt and a visa agent working for some companies in Kuwait because he sold thousands of visas to the residents of Sohag Governorate who came to Kuwait only to discover that these companies were fake.