NEW DELHI: At least three people are feared to be trapped after two cargo trains collided head-on on Sunday (March 1) in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said. The collision took place at Singrauli, about 682 km east of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh.
NEW DELHI: At least three people are feared to be trapped after two cargo trains collided head-on on Sunday in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said."This morning two cargo trains collided head-on, resulting in their derailment," a police official said."Three people are said to have got trapped in one of the mangled coaches."The trains belonged to state-run National Thermal Power Corporation .
"One of the trains was carrying coal for the NTPC plant in Uttar Pradesh, while as the other was moving empty," the police official said.Reports said the trains collided after they were allowed to run on the same track.India's sprawling railways ferry around 23 million people each day. The government is trying hard to modernise the railways in the country. Indian railways is planning to invest US$700bil in the next 12 years to strengthen its operations. - Xinhua/Asian News Network
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