Mamata Expresses Sympathy For Deaths In Tamil Nadu Train Crash, Urges Railways To Be More Alert

On Saturday, Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, expressed her condolences for the fatalities brought on by a fire on a stopped train in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, and urged the railways to increase their level of safety.

The Southern Railway said that at least 10 persons were “reported dead” in a fire that started inside a halted train cabin in Madurai early on Saturday. They added that a gas cylinder that was “illegally” brought in was the cause of the incident.

The ‘private party coach’ from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, had 65 people on board when it arrived. She said on X, previously Twitter, “Another devastating incident in railways, this time at Madurai (Tamil Nadu), involving a massive fire in a train, and leading to at least 9 shocking and tragic deaths and at the very least 20 critical injury cases.”

While I offer my sympathies to the relatives of the dead and offer prayers for the wounded, I anticipate that inquiries will quickly identify who is responsible. Could I also ask the railway officials to be more watchful and less indifferent to the safety and lives of people? Added she.