An overhead water tank fell at the Warangal railway station in the Secunderabad division of Telangana early on Friday, injuring four passengers, according to an official.
According to the railway official, the 64,000 litre capacity overhead water tank failed, causing the galvanised iron sheet to give way and the water to splash onto the platform. Four passengers were washed away and fell on the tracks as a result of the collision. They were all taken urgently to the hospital. He added that the Indian Railways will compensate the two passengers with Rs 25,000 after providing first aid and sending them home.
The other two passengers, who were senior citizens, were provided necessary medical treatment with the Indian Railways bearing their complete expenditure, he said. The Indian Railways is also giving compensation of Rs one lakh to them, the official said.
Earlier on Tuesday, smoke was witnessed in one of the coaches of Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express near Odisha’s Brahmapur Station.
The incident took place due to “brake binding” as a sack got stuck in the wheel of a coach, a railway officer said adding that the sack was removed and the fire was put out using a fire extinguisher.
The incident comes a month after the triple-train accident in Balasore involving the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, the Howrah-bound Shalimar Express and a goods train claimed at least 291 lives and injured over 1000. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three Railway officials in connection with the accident.
