Pakistan’s railway department will conduct an inspection on Monday at the site of a major accident in Sindh province where an express train derailed and killed at least 31 people and injured 130 others.
The Hazara Express train travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi derailed on Sunday in Nawabshah district near the Sarhari Railway Station, 275 kilometres from the provincial capital Karachi. Ten bogies went off the track and they were removed while repair works were underway. The administration of the People’s Medical College Hospital in Benazirabad – the district home to Nawabshah, said that over 120 injured had been shifted to the facility and most of them have been discharged after treatment while 30 people are currently undergoing treatment, Geo News reported. Also, a total of 29 bodies were claimed and taken by family members while the bodies of two deceased women – who could not be identified – are still at the hospital. The railway department will conduct an inspection of the site of the Hazara Express derailment in district Sanghar’s Nawabshah Monday to gather evidence.
The train operations on the affected up-track have been halted after the crash. However, the down-track was restored nearly 18 hours after the accident and the departures of trains facing delays at different stations began. Railways Inspector Ali Mohammad Afridi said that the up-track will be restored entirely in four to five hours. The official said that a site inspection will be done on Monday, while the inquiry will be initiated in four to five days after recording statements of the related individuals.
