Utkal Express derailment: Railways, UP govt doing everything possible to help, says PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed extreme pain over the derailment of

Utkal Express

in Uttar Pradesh and said the railway ministry and the state government were doing everything possible and providing all assistance required.

He said the situation was being monitored very closely by the railway ministry.

Fourteen coaches of the Utkal Express, which was on its way from Puri to Hardwar, derailed in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh this evening, causing deaths and injuries.

"Extremely pained by the derailment of the Utkal Express in Muzaffarnagar. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased," the Prime Minister tweeted.