The Railways has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of those dead in the Dibrugarh Rajdhani express accident this morning. The seriously injured passengers will get Rs 1 lakh each while those with minor injuries will receive Rs 20,000 each.
Nine bogies of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed near Chapra in Bihar at around 2:10 AM. Four passengers are feared dead while four others are said to be injured.Of the nine bogies that derailed, seven are passenger coaches, the other two being the pantry car and the generator coach.
Helplines have been set up to provide information to families of the victims and other passengers at Chapra, Samastipur, Hajipur, Sonpur, Barauni, Muzaffarpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Balia, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Mariani, Dimapur, Lumding, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri and Katihar.
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