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Umesh Chandra Tripathi
Maharajganj. A serious accident came about on Thursday morning close to Lok Vidyapeeth Nagar station positioned on Nautanwan-Gorakhpur railway route of Maharajganj district. Due to dense fog, a giant herd of animals crossing the railway monitor was hit by a passenger train. In this horrific collision, 10 animals died on the spot, whereas 3 have been severely injured. The collision was so robust that the dumb animals have been dragged on the monitor for about a kilometer. According to the data obtained, when the passenger train going in the direction of Gorakhpur reached close to bridge quantity eight underpass, a herd of animals was current on the monitor. Due to low visibility, the loco pilot couldn’t see the herd and the rushing train collided with them. One Nilgai, 4 bulls and 5 cows died in the accident. The painful factor is that one of the cows that died was pregnant.
It is lucky that regardless of such a large collision, the train didn’t derail, in any other case the lives of the passengers might have been at stake. After the accident, the train remained standing on the spot for a very long time, because of which there was an environment of panic among the many passengers. As quickly as details about the incident was obtained, a staff of SDM Farenda Shailendra Gautam, CO Basant Singh, Tehsildar Vashishtha Verma and veterinary officers reached the spot with heavy police pressure. The staff instantly handled the remaining three injured animals on the spot and despatched them to Madhukarpur Mahdeva Gaushala. Postmortem of the lifeless animals was executed there and later they have been buried honorably in the forest space.
Expressing grief over the incident, SDM Pharenda Shailendra Gautam stated, “This tragic accident occurred because of excessive fog and a herd of animals abruptly approaching the monitor from the forest. We carried out rapid reduction work and despatched the injured to the cow shed and the lifeless animals have been disposed of as per the principles. After the accident, the railway monitor was cleared and the train was despatched to Anandnagar station. This incident as soon as once more affected the railway operations through the fog and the world across the monitor. Serious questions have been raised relating to the protection of animals.