An alert gangman saved the lives of many passengers boarded on the Tatanagar-Alleppey Express train from a serious mishap here on Sunday.
The train that was coming from Rourkela escaped from an accident after the gangman Ram Sreya Das raised an alarm after detecting a crack on the railway track near K cabin at Bondamunda Diesel Colony here.
Sources said that the gangman rushed to the railway track with red flag, following which the driver stopped the train before meeting a major accident.
The train moved after the railway engineers repaired the tracks. Sources said that permanent repair work was underway by the railways.