Landslides halt train services in Assam hill section
Guwahati, June 15: Train services to Assam's Barak Valley, Mizoram and Tripura remained cut off on Friday due to fresh landslides in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of Assam even as the Northeast Frontier Railway cancelled several trains.
NF Railway Chief Public Relation Officer P.J. Sharma said while the railway workers had completed restoration work at five locations where landslides had taken place, fresh landslide took place on Friday leading to suspension and cancellation of several trains that run through the hill section.
Due to fresh incident of heavy landslides between Bandarkhal and Damchara stations, about 36 km ahead of Badarpur, train traffic continued to remain suspended in the Lumding-Badarpur section.
"Work is in progress in the affected locations. Complete restoration is likely to take two to three days. There are also land slips in several places at Dharmanagar area," Sharma said.
With the trains suspended in the hill section, the Barak valley districts, Mizoram and Tripura remained cut off from Assam and other parts of the country by rail.
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Petrol pump worker killed as SUV hits motorcycle head-on in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): A petrol pump worker died after an SUV rammed into his motorcycle in the Sushant Lok area here, police said on Thursday.
The accused driver fled the scene, leaving the vehicle after the accident. An FIR has been registered at the Sushant Lok police station, they said.
According to police, the accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when Mukesh was travelling from Sector 44 to Sushant Lok on Vyapar Kendra Road for some work.
Near Vyapar Kendra, a white Thar coming from the wrong side at high speed hit his motorcycle head-on, leaving him critically injured, they said.
The driver fled the scene, leaving the vehicle behind, police added.
Eyewitnesses claimed the vehicle had no number plates either at the front or rear.
Locals took Mukesh to a private hospital, where he died during treatment, police said. He was a resident of Rohta Patti in Palwal and worked at a petrol pump in Sector 44.
An FIR was registered against the unidentified driver, based on a complaint lodged by his brother Ashok. The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem on Thursday, police said.
“The Thar vehicle has been seized from the spot. CCTV footage from the area is being examined, and the driver will be arrested soon,” a Gurugram police spokesperson said.
