An engine and a coach of the Bilaspur-Amritsar ‘Chhattisgarh Express derailed near Kumhari on Wednesday evening. However, no casualty was reported, Railway officials said.
“The incident occurred around 6 pm when the front engine of Chhattisgarh Express and the sleeper coach just behind the engine got derailed,” Shiv Prasad Panwar, Publicity Inspector, South East Central Railway (SECR) Raipur Division informed.
According to him, no one was hurt in the incident which happened near Kumhari yard.
Soon after the incident, a team of senior officials reached the spot and efforts to clear the track has begun. Due to the mishap, timing of several trains was affected as the incident occurred in one of the busiest railway route on the Raipur-Nagpur track.