Southern Railway orders enquiry after freight practice fireplace close to Tiruvallur

The Southern Railway has shaped a four-member excessive degree committee to research the hearth accident and derailment of freight wagons close to Tiruvallur railway station.

More than 12 wagons of a freight practice carrying diesel from Harbour to Wallajah siding caught fireplace, with six wagons derailed on Sunday (July 13). The fireplace disrupted a number of long-distance practice providers with many trains cancelled, a number of diverted and different brief terminated, inflicting extreme inconvenience to 1000’s of passengers. 

The excessive degree committee consists of Nithin Norbert, Deputy Chief Signal officer (Traffic), because the convenor. The members are Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer (Freight) A. Mohammed Shameem, Deputy Chief Engineer (General) R. Narayan, and Deputy Chief Security Commissioner (Headquarters) Valleswara Babuji Thokala, to establish the reason for accident and advocate measures to forestall related incidents sooner or later.

On Tuesday, the committee known as in 16 railway employees from the Chennai division for an enquiry, together with related information. Those summoned included the loco pilot and senior assistant loco pilot of the freight practice, the Mangalore Chennai mail (12602) loco pilot and assistant loco pilot, Tiruvallur station grasp, and industrial supervisor of the freight practice. The committee additionally plans to questionthe shift supervisor of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation restricted (BPCL).