Relief Operation Underway, Inquiry Ordered In Aurangabad Train Accident: Piyush Goyal
Mumbai: Expressing his grief over the death of 16 migrant workers, who were run over early this morning by a goods train in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said relief work is underway and an inquiry has been ordered.
Taking to Twitter, he prayed for peace of the departed souls.
“Relief work is going on, and orders for inquiries have been given. I pray to God for the peace of departed souls,” he said.
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The Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the South Central Railway (SCR) killed at least 16 migrant laborers and injured five others when a goods train ran between Jalna and Aurangabad.
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The injured have been sent to the civil hospital in Aurangabad.
The accident occurred in the Nanded division of South Central Railway in the Karmad police station area of Aurangabad district in the early hours today.
According to railway officials, the migrant laborers were from Madhya Pradesh and were coming home from Jalna in Maharashtra and stopped resting when they fell asleep after walking for about 36 km.
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