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Koraput Freight Derailment Cleared by Early Tuesday With No Injuries Reported

Accounts of passenger impact differ, with PTI reporting no effect and Deccan Chronicle citing a diversion during a seven-hour recovery.

Overview

  • Two loaded wagons of a goods train derailed in Odisha’s Koraput district late Monday, according to officials.
  • The train had started from Jagdalpur and was headed to Visakhapatnam on a regional freight corridor.
  • Railway authorities reported no loss of life or property and began track restoration immediately after the incident.
  • Deccan Chronicle reported disruption on the route for nearly seven hours and a Night Express diversion, with traffic restored around 4 am Tuesday.
  • PTI’s account said passenger services were unaffected because the derailment occurred within a rail yard.