Blame Game Erupts After Freight Train Derails in Agra Division
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New Delhi, The derailment of a freight train's wagon in the Agra rail division on February 28 has led to a blame game among various railway departments over responsibilities.
The coal-loaded 59-wagon freight train, which originated from Odisha for its destination station in Ambala, derailed near Mania railway station, causing a loss of over ₹30 lakh to the Railways and disrupting the smooth operation of many passenger and goods trains for several hours.
A preliminary probe held by a five-member team from the Agra division found that overheating of the axle bearing of one of the wagons led to the incident.
While four officials held the Coach and Wagon Department responsible for negligence in maintenance, the officer representing the department on the probe panel blamed the Mechanical Department for the hot axle and the traffic as well as the Engineering Department for detention of several trains following the derailment.
The officer further blamed the Jhansi rail division for dereliction of duty, saying that the train was coming from Jhansi and such overheating and deterioration of the hot axle does not occur after a few kilometres of operations.
