Summary:
At least 11 persons were killed and 17 others injured in separate mishaps including road and rail accidents and drowning.In Angul district, a person was killed after a goods train carrying slags from Jindal Steel Plant in Angul derailed at Benagadia under Angul police station on Saturday. The incident happened when the bus carrying around 50 pilgrims from Cuttack, Kendrapara and Soro areas was returning from Ajmer. Our tracks are isolated from them.”A JSPL official said that the slag-laden train was going to Raigarh when the mishap took place. The points man, Sahu, was on duty at Benagadia railway level crossing. He could not stop it as the brake system of the train failed..