UP train derailment: Special train, buses arranged for passengers stranded in Raebareli
Lucknow, Oct 10: A special train and buses have been arranged by the Indian Railways for 1,000 passengers stranded in Rae Bareli, where nine coaches and the engine of the New Delhi bound New Farakka Express derailed Wednesday, an official said.
At least seven people were killed and nine others seriously injured in the incident. About 30-35 people received minor injuries, officials said.
Over 1,000 passengers are being taken from Rae Bareli to Lucknow from buses, where they will be sent to Delhi on a special train, the official said.
When asked about how much time will it take to normalise the traffic on the route, the DRM said, "A team of Commissioner Railway safety has reached Rae Bareli. We hope that in the next 24 hours, the route will be opened for traffic."
A total of 26 trains have been affected due to the derailment. While two are passenger trains, 24 are mail/express trains, the officials said.
Many persons, who were admitted to Rae Bareli, were discharged after treatment, Superintendent of Police, Raebareli Sujata Singh, said. Ten women and six minors are among the injured, railway officials added.
"Among the injured, six seriously injured patients were rushed to Lucknow and admitted at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Trauma Centre of King George's Medical University. The other injured are being treated in Rae Bareli," DRM, Northern Railways Satish Kumar said.
The other injured were taken to Rae Bareli, about 80 km from the state capital Lucknow, for treatment, officials said.
According to Sandeep Tiwari, incharge of KGMU's Trauma centre, "One patient admitted there is very serious and has been kept on ventilator. A team of doctors are looking after him."
SGPGI PRO, Ashutosh Soti said that an unidentified passenger admitted there is "very serious".
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
