TRACK & OVERHEAD STOLEN IN INDIA

It doesn't only happen in South Africa. According to the Press Trust of India: “Train services were disrupted…in the Jagadalpur-Kirandul section of the … East Coast Railway (ECoR) as miscreants...

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PEACOCK ENCOUNTER INJURES CREWMAN

India's Deccan Herald reported recently that a passenger train travelling from Madurai to Shencottah was delayed more than an hour after a peacock entered the driver's cab and ”attacked” the assistant...

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DEAF KIDS DIE ON THE LINE

On 9 February, according to the Indian Express, the Shahjahanpur district administration ordered an inquiry into an incident on 6 February when two deaf and dumb children, both about 12, ran away from...

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INDIAN STATION STAMPEDE: 36 DEAD

A station massively overcrowded with Hindu pilgrims on 10 February degenerated into a stampede situation in which at least 36 people lost their lives, and 30 were taken to hospital in Allahabad. One...

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TRAIN KILLS FIVE ELEPHANTS

On 30 December, a passenger train killed five elephants when it ran into a herd in the Rambha forest area, about 180km south of Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state in eastern India. Conservation...

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