Train accident: MP Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan to visit Kanpur
"Indore-Patna Railway accident has deeply distressed me. I am leaving for Kanpur to meet the injured and take stock of situation," the Chief Minister tweeted.
In one of the worst railway disasters in recent times, at least 107 have been killed after 14 carriages of an express train jumped tracks in northern Uttar Pradesh near Kanpur on Sunday, officials said.
The derailment of 14 carriages of the Indore-Patna Express near Kanpur city on Sunday early morning also left nearly 200 injured, reports said.
The incident took place around 3 am close to Kanpur city at a place called Pukhrayan.
Both Indian Army and the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) personnel have been deployed in the area to carry out the rescue operations.
The train, carrying more than 500 passengers, jumped tracks when most passengers were sleeping.
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