According to sources, five bogies of a goods train derailed near Mendhapali of Bargarh district on Monday morning.
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Three days after Balasore’s triple train accident, a goods train derailed at a narrow gauge siding of a private cement company in Odisha’s Bargarh on Monday morning.
The incident is however not connected with the Indian railway system and took place on a private track laid inside the ACC Cement plant near Bargarh. According to sources, five bogies of a goods train derailed near Mendhapali of Bargarh district on Monday morning.
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No casualty or injury to anyone has been reported in the incident, they said.
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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.
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