Izikhulu zezitimela zibike ukuthi kushone okungenani abantu abangu-280 kwalimala abangaphezu kuka-900 ngesikhathi kushayisana izitimela ezimbili e-Odisha empumalanga ye-India namuhla.
Okhulumela uMnyango Wezomzila Wesitimela, u-Amitabh Sharma, uthe amakhoshi angu-10 kuya kwayi-12 esitimela esisodwa aphume emzileni, kanti imfucumfucu evela kwamanye amakhoshi aphithikeziwe yawela emzileni oseduze. Ishayiswe esinye isitimela sabagibeli ebesiqhamuka ngaphesheya. Abaqeqeshi abangafika kwabangu-3 besitimela sesibili nabo baphumile emzileni.
I-Howrah Superfast Express iphume emzileni yashayisa i-Coromandel Express, kubika iziphathimandla zaseSouth Eastern Railway. I-Coromandel Express elahlekile ibisuka e-Howrah esifundazweni sase-West Bengal ilibangise e-Chennai, inhloko-dolobha yesifunda esiseningizimu yeTamil Nadu. Indawo yengozi yesitimela iqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-220 (137 miles) eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Kolkata.
Umphathi ophezulu esifundeni saseBalasore, uDattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, uthe okungenani bangu-200 abantu abavaleleke engozini yesitimela.
Yize namanje ingekho imibiko esemthethweni yabashonile nabalimele, abezindaba babika ukuthi okungenani bangu-280 asebeshonile. UNobhala Omkhulu we-Odisha uPradeep Jena ubike ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-900 abagibeli abathunyelwe ezibhedlela eziseduze. UNgqongqoshe Omkhulu ukuqinisekisile ukuthi into yokuqala ebaluleke kakhulu kubo "ukususa abaphilayo ezibhedlela." Amaphoyisa acela ku-500 nabatakuli abanama-ambulensi angu-75 namabhasi basabela kule ngozi yesitimela.
India UNdunankulu uNarendra Modi ubhale ku-Twitter ukuthi "lonke usizo olungase lube khona" lunikezwa labo ababandakanyeka engozini yesitimela. U-PM Modi uthe uphatheke kabi ngale ngozi waphinde wabhala ku-Twitter, “Kuleli hora losizi, imicabango yami ikanye nemindeni eshonelwe. Sengathi abalimele bangalulama maduze.”
UNgqongqoshe Wezitimela Wezokuthutha, u-Ashwini Vaishnaw, ubhale ku-Twitter ukuthi amaqembu abatakuli abuthiwe esuka eKolkata eNtshonalanga Bengal naseBhubaneswar ka-Odisha. UNgqongqoshe uVaishnaw wengeze ngokuthi iNational Disaster Response Force, ibutho lezindiza, kanye namaqembu kahulumeni wesifundazwe nawo ahlanganiswe ukuze aphendule kule ngozi.
The India ukuphahlazeka kwesitimela kuyaphenywa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Umphathi ophezulu esifundeni saseBalasore, uDattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, uthe okungenani bangu-200 abantu abavaleleke engozini yesitimela.
- UNgqongqoshe Omkhulu ukuqinisekisile ukuthi into yokuqala ebaluleke kakhulu kubo “ukukhipha abaphilayo ezibhedlela.
- Minister Vaishnaw added that the National Disaster Response Force, air force, and state government teams have also been mobilized to respond to the crash.
