Gas Cylinder Found On Uttarakhand's Roorkee-Luxor Railway Tracks, No Trains Affected
Haridwar Superintendent of Police (Rural) Swapan Kishore informed that a small three-kilogram cylinder was found in the middle of the track leading to Roorkee.
A gas cylinder was found on the tracks of the Roorkee-Luxor railway route on Saturday. The guard of a BCN goods train noticed the cylinder on the second railway line near Dhandhera railway station around 6:45 am on Saturday, police said.
Laksar GRP in-charge Sanjay Sharma said no trains were scheduled to travel on the route at the time of the incident, as per PTI.
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"At 06:35, the loco pilot of a goods train (BCNHL/32849) informed the Station Master at Roorkee (RK) that a cylinder was found on the track between Landaura (LDR) and Dhandhera (DNRA) at km 1553/01. The spot is about one KM from DNRA station. Pointsman immediately reached the spot and found the cylinder to be completely empty. It was later placed under the custody of the Station Master at Dhandhera. Local Police and GRP have been informed. An FIR is being registered in local PS - Civil Lines, Roorkee," Himanshu Upadhyay, CPRO of Northern Railway told ANI.
At 06:35, the loco pilot of a goods train (BCNHL/32849) informed the Station Master at Roorkee (RK) that a cylinder was found on the track between Landaura (LDR) and Dhandhera (DNRA) at km 1553/01. The spot is about one KM from DNRA station. Pointsman immediately reached the spot… pic.twitter.com/WUZRfxc4Eg
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According to PTI, Haridwar Superintendent of Police (Rural) Swapan Kishore informed that a small three-kilogram cylinder was found in the middle of the track leading to Roorkee. Upon receiving the information, teams from the RPF and police arrived at the scene and secured the cylinder, which was empty.