On Sunday, a gas cylinder was found on the railway track near Premnagar between Kanpur Central and Fatehpur stations, causing a goods train to narrowly avoid an accident. The locomotive pilot spotted the cylinder and applied emergency brakes, stopping the train just before it reached the cylinder. This is the third...
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attempt to derail a train in Kanpur within a month, and the second incident involving a gas cylinder. Earlier, a cylinder was found on the Kanpur-Farrukhabad route, aimed at derailing the Kalindi Express. Additionally, on August 17th, the Sabarmati Express derailed after colliding with boulders between Govindpuri and Bhimsen stations in Varanasi. This incident has prompted high-level inquiries by railway officials and heightened security measures by law enforcement agencies. In a separate incident on Saturday, an attempt to derail a train in Surat, Gujarat, was thwarted when a lineman noticed tampered railway tracks and informed authorities. Furthermore, on Friday, a large stone was placed on the railway track near New Karachna station in Prayagraj, resulting in a collision with a goods train.