Freight prepare ferrying oil catches fireplace in Tamil Nadu, prepare companies hit
A transferring items prepare carrying diesel caught fireplace on Sunday at Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu, severely affecting prepare companies on the arterial Chennai-Arakkonam rail route, which additionally hyperlinks Chennai with Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, officers mentioned.
No casualties have been reported. Passengers have been, nevertheless, stranded in a number of locations and state transport company operated particular buses to cater to the wants of the travelling public.
The hearth was doused after a virtually 10-hour battle.
AIADMK chief, chief of opposition, Edappadi Okay Palaniswami demanded railway authorities to conduct a high-level probe to establish the reason for the fireplace.
Based on a railway official, derailment might have triggered the fireplace. Nonetheless, the trigger is just not clear but and it could be ascertained by following related norms, he added.
Based on the Southern Railway’s official launch, few intermediate wagons of the products prepare, carrying diesel caught fireplace whereas exiting Tiruvallur railway station at round 5.30 AM and plenty of different wagons (third from engine onwards) additionally derailed and 18 wagons have been gutted.
The official mentioned every wagon had about “54 tons of gas” and roughly 900 tons of diesel might have been consumed by fireplace as officers of a PSU oil and gasoline company pitched in to take away gas from wagons that caught fireplace.
The products prepare was from Chennai Harbour to Walajah Highway Siding (Walajabad). The massive fireplace, coupled with many columns of darkish black smoke, reached the skyline.
State Minister (Minorities and Non Resident Tamils Welfare) S M Nasar, alongwith officers, made an inspection and in view of the blaze and smoke, folks dwelling near the placement of fireplace accident have been taken to shelters. State transport firms operated over 170 particular companies as prepare companies have been hit.
The Railway mentioned: “Upon noticing the fireplace in third wagon, the loco pilot instantly utilized the emergency brakes and Station Grasp, Tiruvallur, switched off the overhead (OHE) energy provide as a precautionary security measure.”
Additional, the railway mentioned: “Nonetheless, by the point the prepare was delivered to a halt, the fireplace unfold upto nineteenth wagon. Consequently, prepare operations within the necessary Chennai – Arrakonam part, linking Chennai with Bangalore, Kerala and Renugunta/Tirupati needed to be suspended.
Twelve Mail/Categorical trains scheduled to begin from or terminating at Chennai Central have been cancelled, and a number of other different trains have been both diverted or short-terminated.”
