Following the accident at Phansidewa/Rangapani area in North Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed “deep concern” over the incident. “Another rail accident today, in the same Phansidewa/Rangapani area in North Bengal, where there was a most tragic accident just six weeks back! We are very concerned about what is happening!!,” the CM posted on her social media handle on X.

The incident comes 44 days after a train accident in the same region, where three coaches of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express had derailed on June 17, after a goods train collided with it. At least 10 people died in the accident and over 40 were injured.

Additionally, on Tuesday, two persons were killed after 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district.

Meanwhile, TMC slammed Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for his remarks stating  that the country is working on developing bullet trains and demanded that he should be held accountable for the recent train accidents.  “Train journeys have now turned into nightmares… entire railway infrastructure has collapsed. They couldn’t even uphold the advancements made by Mamata Banerjee during her tenure as railway minister…,” Ghosh said at a press conference in Kolkata.

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