Four wagons of goods train derail in UP

Suresh Prabhu on August 23 offered to resign following a number of train derailment incidents.

Four wagons of a goods train derailed near Hardattpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

The movement of trains on Allahabad-Manduadih route was affected. Six trains have been diverted due to the derailment.

There were no casualties due to the incident.

On Tuesday, Mumbai bound Duronto Express derailed as the rains washed away parts of the tracks in Maharashtra's Titwala district.

Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu on August 23 offered to resign following a number of train derailment incidents. There were two major derailments in August.

However, he was told to wait by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prabhu said that he met Modi and took full moral responsibility for the incidents, but was asked to wait.

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