A major accident was averted on Sunday when a keyman on duty stopped the Delhi-Hawrah, Delhi-Sialdah,rajdhani express, Kalaka mail and Ganga-Damodar express between Neta Subash chandra Bose railway station, Gomoh and Parasnath stations under Dhanbad division of Eastern centre Railway after he spotted a fracture on the track,near Khesmi railway gate, Chief Yard master BC Mandal said.
A prompt action on identifying a fracture on the down track by the on-duty keyman, led the driver of the train to stop it between Neta Subash chandra Bose railway station and Parasnath stations around 3.30 am today, said PWI, Inspector P Sasha of Neta Subash Chandra Bose railway station. On being informed about the fault on the track, the maintenance team rushed to the spot and repaired it, he said.
The train left for its destination at around 8.15 am, Sasha said while appreciating the prompt action of Mandal, who had busted fire-crackers and shown red signal to stop the train.
Owing to the fog prevailing early morning, ECR has already launched patrolling in all important and identified section of the division.
Besides, the railways have also undertaken an initiative to identify and repair identified faults on track on a day-to-day basis, Shaha added.