UP train accident: Cries, dust fill coaches as Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derails​

Multiple coaches of the 15904 Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express, heading towards Dibrugarh, derailed between Motiganj-Jhilahi railway station in Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

The accident left 2 passenger dead and several other injured. (Photo: PTI)

Passengers of the Dibrugarh Express train and the locals were the first one to help immediately after the accident in Gonda district. (Photo: PTI)

"The train accident in Gonda district is extremely sad. District administration officials have been directed to carry out relief and rescue operations on a war footing and to take the injured to the hospital on top priority and provide them with proper treatment. I pray to Lord Shri Ram for the speedy recovery of the injured." (Photo: ANI X)

The accident comes after several cases of train derailment have been reported from several parts of the country. (Photo: PTI)

People collecting their luggage from the train after the accident. (Photo: ANI)

Rescue operation underway by SDRF after coaches of the Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda. (Photo: ANI)

Bad weather affected the rescue operation for a while, but police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) completed the task in a few hours. In the evening, UP Relief Commissioner G S Naveen said the operation was over and nobody was trapped in the coaches. Only the tracks remained to be cleared. (Photo: AFP)

Ex gratia of Rs. 10 lakhs to the family of the deceased, Rs 2.5 lakhs for grievous injury and Rs. 50,000 to the minor injured, has been announced. Apart from the CRS enquiry, a high-level enquiry has been ordered: Ministry of Railways (Photo: ANI)