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Terming Saturday’s mishap astatine Sallipatti adjacent Velliyanai successful Karur district, wherever a assemblage autobus carrying students was deed astatine an unmanned level crossing by a backstage cargo train, arsenic “unfortunate”, Salem Divisional Railway Manager Panna Lal connected Sunday said proper information protocol indispensable beryllium enactment successful spot by the backstage cement mill absorption arsenic was followed by the Indian Railways.
Reacting to the accident, helium said the railway way connected which the mishap occurred was owned by a backstage steadfast that owns a cement factory. Cargo trains were operated connected the enactment for transporting limestone. In this network, the Railways had no interface and the cargo train was operated for the day-to-day works operation. The mishap occurred erstwhile the driver tried to transverse unmanned level crossing without noticing the train. “We feel that determination should beryllium due information protocol successful spot by the backstage cement works arsenic being followed by the Railways,” said Mr. Lal.
