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Goods train derails in Odisha, 3 days after Balasore accident

On Monday morning, three days after the triple train accident in Balasore, a goods train derailed at a narrow gauge siding of a private cement company in Odisha’s Bargarh.

The incident, however, was unrelated to the Indian railway system and occurred on a private track within the ACC Cement plant near Bargarh. On Monday morning, five bogies of a goods train derailed near Mendhapali in the Bargarh district, according to ANI.

No casualty or injury to anyone has been reported in the incident, they said.East Coast Railway (ECoR) officials said that the incident is not connected with the Indian railway system and was reported to be at a private narrow gauge line between Dungri Limestone Mines and Cement Plant of ACC in Bargarh.

“Some wagons of a goods train operated by a private cement factory derailed inside the factory premises near Mendhapali of Bargarh district in Odisha. There is no role of Railways in this matter,” the ECoR said in a statement.More details awaited. 

Vaishali Sharma

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