'Will There Be No End...': Bengal CM Mamata Reacts to Howrah-CSMT Express Derailment

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed her condolences to the victims who lost their lives after Howrah- Mumbai mail derailed in Jharkhand's Chakradharpur. She further asked whether there would be no end to the government's callousness.

In a post on X, Banerjee said, “Another disastrous rail accident! Howrah- Mumbai mail derails in Chakradharpur division in Jharkhand today early morning, multiple deaths and a huge number of injuries are the tragic consequences.”

"I seriously ask: is this governance? This series of nightmares almost every week, this unending procession of deaths and injuries on railway tracks: for how long shall we tolerate this? Will there be no end to the callousness of Government of India?" the post read further

During the early hours of Tuesday, two people were killed and 20 others injured after at least 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Seraikela-Kharsawan district.

According to PTI quoting officials, the accident occurred at 3.45 AM near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway (SER),.

SER spokesperson Om Prakash Charan said there was another derailment of a goods train nearby, but it was not yet clear whether the two accidents occurred concurrently.

"Two persons were killed and 20 injured as 18 coaches of Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed near Barabamboo. Rescue operations are on and an NDRF team is rushing to the spot," West Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner Kuldeep Chaudhary, who is camping at the accident site said.

He claimed that the "Howrah-Mumbai train hit the stationary goods train".

The accident site is near the border between West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts. 

(Inputs from PTI)