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Second major train mishap in West Bengal in 2 months

New Delhi: Nearly 250 people have lost their lives in train accidents in the past one year since Mamata Banerjee took charge of the Railways Ministry.

Railways have witnessed about a dozen train accidents since May 2009, including two major mishaps in West Bengal, Banerjee's home state, in a span of 51 days.

Most of the mishaps involved collisions between trains like today's tragedy at Sainthia station in West Bengal's Birbhum district. At least 60 people were killed and nearly 90 injured when a speeding Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express tore through the rear of Vanachal Express.

Jyaneshwari Express derailment in which Maoists were allegedly involved in West Bengal's West Midnapore on May 28 was the worst among these accidents, claiming 148 lives.

'Chronology of accidents'

Following is the chronology of major train accidents in the country since 2000:

Dec 3, 2000: Forty-six killed and over 130 injured as the Howrah-Amritsar Mail rams into a derailed goods train between Sarai Banjara and Sadhugarh in Punjab.

June 22, 2001: Forty people killed when the Mangalore-Chennai Mail fell into Kadalundi river near Kozhikode in Kerala.

January 5, 2002: 21 killed and 41 injured when Secundarabad-Manmad express train rammed into a stationary goods train at Ghatnandur station in Maharashtra.

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