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Umesh Chandra Tripathi
Maharajganj. A significant accident happened on Thursday morning close to Lok Vidyapeeth Nagar station positioned on Nautanwan-Gorakhpur railway route of Maharajganj district. Due to dense fog, a massive herd of animals crossing the railway observe was hit by a passenger train. In this horrific collision, 10 animals died on the spot, whereas 3 have been critically injured. The collision was so sturdy that the dumb animals have been dragged on the observe for about a kilometer. According to the data acquired, when the passenger train going in direction of Gorakhpur reached close to bridge quantity eight underpass, a herd of animals was current on the observe. 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 huge collision, the train didn’t derail, in any other case the lives of the passengers may have been in danger. After the accident, the train remained standing on the spot for a very long time, on account of which there was an environment of panic among the many passengers. As quickly as details about the incident was acquired, a crew of SDM Farenda Shailendra Gautam, CO Basant Singh, Tehsildar Vashishtha Verma and veterinary officers reached the spot with heavy police pressure. The crew instantly handled the remaining three injured animals on the spot and despatched them to Madhukarpur Mahdeva Gaushala. Postmortem of the lifeless animals was completed there and later they have been buried honorably in the forest space.
Expressing grief over the incident, SDM Pharenda Shailendra Gautam mentioned, “This tragic accident occurred on account of excessive fog and a herd of animals all of a sudden approaching the observe from the forest. We carried out speedy reduction work and despatched the injured to the cow shed and the lifeless animals have been disposed of as per the foundations. After the accident, the railway observe was cleared and the train was despatched to Anandnagar station. This incident as soon as once more affected the railway operations in the course of the fog and the realm across the observe. Serious questions have been raised relating to the security of animals.