‘Improper fastening’ of track behind Gonda train mishap

New Delhi, July 20

A five-member team of senior officials investigating the derailment of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express has blamed improper fastening of the rail track for the accident, sources said. One member of the panel disagreed with the opinion, while a Railways spokesperson said the findings were premature.

“The fastening of the rail track was not proper due to which it was working ineffectively,” the report, written in Hindi, said. All the same, the Chief Public Relations Officer of the North Eastern Railway Zone, under which the accident site comes, said arriving at any conclusion based on the joint probe report was incorrect.

“The investigation by the Commissioner of Railway Safety has already started and the first hearing took place on Friday. It will go into the details of every aspect of the accident with technical specifications and minute details. Many crucial things don’t come in the joint probe so it is very premature,” the CPRO said.