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Sabarmati Express derails near Kanpur after Engine Hits object placed On track Central India; several trains cancelled,No injured cagultity

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On August 17, Saturday earlier Twenty coaches of the Sabarmati Express passenger train derailed near Govindpuri station in Kanpur after the engine hit an “object placed on the track". There is no report of any loss of life or injury in the accident.

The Varanasi-Ahmedabad train derailed between Kanpur and Bhimsen railway station around 2.35 am. Rescue and relief operations are underway, railway officials said.
The loco pilot said that some boulder hit the cattle guard (front portion) of the engine which got badly damaged and bent," he added.

Railway Board officials said involvement of miscreants or anti-social elements is being looked into as prima facie it appears that the engine hit an object placed on track. “We found a foreign material near the 16th coach of the train. Looking at the size of the damaged portion of cattle guard of the engine, it seems that the engine hit this foreign object and derailed," an official said.

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