Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made special arrangements to airlift 34-year old Pooja Bakhuni, who was injured seriously in the Kanpur rail accident, to Delhi for speciality treatment and surgery was performed on her at Bl Kapoor Hospital, Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi. As per the doctors, her condition is stable now. She is accompanied by her sister Kavita Chouhan.
The Chief Minister came to know about the serious injuries of Bakhuni through the Chief Executive Officer of the district Panchayat Chhatarpur Chandramohan Thakur who was part of the relief team. Immediately after this Chouhan made arrangements for the airlift and sent her to Delhi. Bakhuni's husband Amit Bakhuni lost his life in the train accident. Her two children are still under treatment at a Kanpur hospital.
The Madhya Pradesh Government has taken steps to help the injured and the families of the people killed in the Indore-Patna Express rail accident that occurred at Puhkraya near Kanpur. The Chief Minister had visited the Kanpur hospital to enquire about the condition of the injured passengers. Minister for Public Relations, Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Narottam Mishra had coordinated the relief and rescue activities at the accident site. He also made arrangements to send the bodies of the passengers killed in the accident to their homes.