Rajasthan: Cow, hit by Vande Bharat train, falls on man peeing on tracks, killing him
First Published: 21st April, 2023 10:38 IST
A cow was hit by a speeding Vande Bharat train in Rajasthan's Alwar. Parts of the cow fell on a man relieving himself on the track 30 metres away, killing
A man relieving himself on the railway tracks in Alwar died after a cow, which came in the way of a Vande Bharat train, fell on him on Wednesday.
The incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Aravali Vihar police station in Alwar, Rajasthan. The deceased has been identified as Shivdayal Sharma — a man who retired from the post of an electrician in the Indian Railways 23 years ago, reported India today.
According to Shivdayal’s relatives, a cow came in the way of a Vande Bharat train which left from Kali Mori gate around 8:30 am. The impact of the collision was such that a portion of the cow’s body fell 30 metres away over Shivdayal, who was relieving himself on the tracks. Shivdayal died on the spot.
Shivdayal’s body was sent for post-mortem to the district hospital on Wednesday morning.
The semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains have had run-ins with cattle along many routes, the maximum number of them being reported from the Mumbai-Gujarat stretch.
Within days of its launch, the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Superfast Express train suffered minor damage after colliding with cattle on October 6. The next day, the same train sustained a minor damage to its nose panel after it hit a cow near Anand station in Gujarat. On October 8, the train had suffered a bearing defect in the traction motor of the C8 coach between the Dankaur and Wair stations.
On October 8, the train had suffered a bearing defect in the traction motor of the C8 coach between the Dankaur and Wair stations. On October 29, the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat had a runover with a cattle near Atul in Gujarat’s Valsad. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said collision with cattle on the tracks is unavoidable and this has been kept in mind while designing the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat trains, which run at a speed of approximately 130-160 kmph.
Meanwhile, the Western Railways has decided to put metal fencing along the over 620km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad trunk route to stop animals from straying onto the tracks and prevent accidents.
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