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TIRUPATI: At least 11 coaches of the Bangalore-Kamakhya AC Superfast Express derailed near Nergundi station in Cuttack district on Sunday. There is no injury or casualty reported so far, said the official sources of the East Coast Railway (ECoR).

The incident happened at around 11.54 am in the Cuttack-Nergundi railway section of the Khurda Road division of the ECoR. Senior officials of the Railways, including the ECoR General Manager and Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Khurda Road, reached the spot. Accident relief and medical relief trains were also rushed to the spot, said an official statement of the ECoR.

“A special train is being arranged to send stranded passengers of the affected train to their destination. We have issued helpline numbers for train passengers and their family members. Even helpdesks have been opened at Bhubaneswar, Bhadrak, and Cuttack railway stations,” said a spokesperson of the ECoR.

Due to the derailment, three trains have been diverted.

Helpline Numbers -

Bhubaneswar: 8455885999

Cuttack: 8991124238