Vande Bharat Categorical collides with cattle once more, third such incident in three days

Vande Bharat Categorical, for the third time in a row, confronted points with its operation as one of many rakes of the Varanasi-bound practice suffered a jammed wheel on Saturday.

In response to reviews, the practice suffered a bearing defect within the traction motor of the C8 coach between the Dankaur and Wair stations.

The practice, which was going to Varanasi from Delhi, (Practice no. 22436) has suffered a failure because of a bearing defect within the traction motor of the C8 coach between Dankaur and Wair stations of North Central Railway, revealed an announcement.

Furthermore, the bottom employees reportedly detected the fault and alerted the railway operations management to halt the practice. Later, after the inspection by the onboard technical employees, the specific was taken 20 km additional to Khurja railway station at a managed velocity.

The passengers of the Vande Bharat Categorical had been shifted to Shatabdi Categorical on the station. An in depth investigation of the failure will likely be executed after the rake is taken again to the upkeep depot.

Earlier on Friday, in one other such incident, the newly-inaugurated Vande Bharat Categorical 2.0, which PM Modi launched on 30 September, hit a cow close to Anand in Gujarat whereas on its technique to Mumbai.

The incident happened at 3.49 pm between Kanjari and Anand stations, round 433 km from Mumbai, stated Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of Western Railway. All of the passengers had been secure, he added.

“There is no such thing as a injury to the practice, besides a minor dent on Nostril Cone Cowl of entrance coach i.e Driver coach. Practice is operating easily. This will likely be attended on the earliest,” the railways stated.

In one other incident on October 6, the engine of the newly launched Vande Bharat Categorical, which was on its technique to Gandhinagar in Gujarat from Mumbai, was broken after the practice hit 4 buffaloes that strayed onto the railway tracks between Vatva and Maninagar stations at 11.15 am. Railway authorities stated there was no disruption to rail site visitors.

Nevertheless, the influence killed “two-three buffaloes” and delayed the practice “by about half an hour in reaching the Gandhinagar station”, stated Jitendra Jayant, senior public relations officer (PRO), Western Railway, Ahmedabad division.

“RPF inspector Pradeep Sharma posted at Vatva railway station stated the FIR was filed underneath part 147 of the Railways Act, 1989, which offers with unauthorised entry into any a part of a railway and misuse of its property,” the official stated. An FIR has been filed for an incident that occurred on October 6 too.

(With inputs from Milan Sharma)