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Cup Of Relief: When Locals Step In To Provide Tea & Snacks To Stranded Passengers

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 20 Aug 2017 10:50 AM (IST)

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At least 23 people were killed and at least 40 injured in a major derailment when 14 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express bound for Haridwar in Uttarakhand went off the tracks with one of the coaches mounting on another near Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening. (Image: ANI)

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Those living in the nearby areas are serving tea and snacks to security personnel, the ones repairing the tracks and stranded passengers. (Image: ANI)

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New Delhi: In this hard time when Utkal Express jumped the rails, killing at least 23 people and leaving several others injured, locals have come out to help not only in rescue operation but are also providing tea and beverages to those present at the accident site. (Image: ANI)

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While four officials were suspended and one Chief Track Engineer was transferred. (Image: AP/File)

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New Delhi: The railways said on Monday traffic on the Meerut-Muzaffarnagar-Shaharanpur section in Uttar Pradesh where the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed has been restored. (Image: AP/File)

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More casualties are feared as a number of passengers are said to have been trapped in the derailed coaches. Union Minister and Muzaffarnagar MP Sanjay Balyan, who reached the spot, claimed nearly 60 people were injured. (Image: AP)