Kurawan Railway Accident

In the harda twin train derailment derailed on 4 August 2015 two different fast trains at the station Kurawan in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . 31 people died.

Starting position

Heavy monsoons led to flooding in the region where the accident occurred, and the waters led to flooding. The area of ​​the accident site is on the electrified Khandwa – Itarsi line of Indian Railways . A bridge crosses the Machak River here . There were well over 300 passengers on the trains .

The Kamayani Express , en route from Mumbai to Varanasi and the Janata Express , en route in the opposite direction between Patna and Mumbai, traveled the route.

the accident

In the area of ​​the bridge, the water masses had softened the embankment , and according to some reports the bridge itself was also flooded. Ten minutes before the accident, another train had passed the area without incident. The Zugspitze of the Kamayani Express also still drove over the passage. While the railways and the railway minister assumed a flash flood that damaged the embankment, and reports of a breach of the dam near the scene of the accident that had caused the flash flood, which turned out to be inapplicable, the railroad engineers assumed that it would slowly sink Embankment, which could have been noticed in good time with adequate monitoring of the track.

First the seven rear wagons of the Janata Express derailed here around 11:30 p.m. A few minutes later, the Kamayani Express drove on the track in the opposite direction and derailed its locomotive and three carriages, some overturned, some fell into the water.

consequences

31 people died, two of them during rescue attempts through the not yet earthed overhead line . About 100 were also injured. 900 meters of the route were damaged.

Local help came after about 30 minutes, and the official rescue workers arrived after two hours. The rescue work proved difficult as it had to be started without lighting. About 300 travelers were taken away from the scene of the accident.

Web links

• Bhavna Vij Aurora: Suresh Prabhu calls Harda derailment a natural calamity; officials feel warning signs ignored. In: The Economic Times . August 6, 2015.
• Jason Burke: India train crash: dozens die as two express services derail. In: The Guardian . 5th August 2015.
• Photo gallery .
• NN: Flooding of tracks caused derailment, says AK Mittal, Chairman, Railway Board. In: The Indian Express. Without date [5. August 2015?].
• NN: Harda train accident: Death toll ascends to 28 as three more bodies recovered . In: dna v. August 6, 2015.
• NN: India rail crash: Trains derail in Madhya Pradesh flash flood. In: BBC News v. 5th August 2015.
• NN: Kamayani and Janata Express train accidents: Railways helpline numbers. In: IBN live v. 5th August 2015.
• NN: Kamayani Express shook like a tree in storm, recounts accident survivor Santosh Singh . In: IBN live v. 5th August 2015.
• NN: Rescue and relief ops over; govt. announces compensation. In: The Hindu . 5th August 2015.
• NN: Washout of Track Led to Derailment of Two Trains: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. In: NDTV . 5th August 2015.
• Press Trust of India: MP twin train derailment: Death toll climbs to 29. In: IBN live v. 7th August 2015.
• Yogendra Pratap Singh: Train tragedy in MP: Sudden flash flood may have caused accident. In: Hindustan Times . 5th August 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NN: Kamayani and Janata Express .
2. ^ NN: Washout .
3. ^ NN: India rail crash .
4. ^ NN: Washout .
5. ^ NN: Flooding of tracks .
6. ^ NN: Harda train accident .
7. ↑ Aurora: Suresh Prabhu .
8. ^ NN: Rescue and relief .
9. ↑ NN: Kamayani and Janata Express .
10. ^ Press Trust of India: MP twin train derailment .
11. ↑ NN: Kamayani Express shook like a tree .
12. ↑ Singh: Train tragedy .
13. ^ NN: Washout .

Coordinates: 22 ° 13 '24.4 "  N , 76 ° 55' 49.2"  E