Emergency calls related to vehicular trauma incidents went up by 55 per cent on Diwali day (October 24) compared to normal days in Gujarat, while road accidents peaked on Hindu New Year day (October 26) with double the usual number of emergency calls, as per data by GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), which provides ambulance services in the state.Non-vehicular trauma incidents such as burns and physical assault also peaked on Diwali day. According to the data, the highest number of road accident emergencies in Diwali and post-Diwali days, was on New Year with 914 cases against the usual day numbers of 424, which is an increase of 115 per cent.The average road accident emergencies reported in the three days of Diwali was 734 with two-wheeler accidents accounting for 82 per cent of it. Ahmedabad recorded the highest numbers with 102 road accident emergency cases on October 26 and 271 cases in the three days (October 24, 25 and 26), recording an increase of 40 per cent.According to data shared by the Ahmedabad city traffic police division, 19 cases were registered between October 21 and 27 in various police stations under IPC section 283 (danger, obstruction or injury to any person in any public way or public line of navigation), five cases for rash driving under section 279 and 10 cases for disobedience of orders promulgated by a public servant under section 188. Ahead of Diwali, the Gujarat home department had announced a suspension of imposing fines on petty traffic violators from October 21 to 27.Non-vehicular emergency incidents such as burns and physical assault, too, saw a significant increase. From October 24 to 26, the second highest number of emergency care after road accidents was that of physical assault that averaged at 246 per day.Thirty cases of burns were reported, most from Ahmedabad (17) on Diwali day, against the six-odd cases seen across the state on normal days. Majority of emergency calls reported were in the evening period of 4 pm to 10 pm, according to GVK EMRI analysis.
Road accidents in Gujarat recorded a spike on Diwali day (October 24) and Hindu New Year day of October 26. Emergency ambulance calls for vehicular trauma incidents in the state went up by 55 per cent on October 24 and more than double the number of road accidents were reported on October 26 than the usual days, according to data by GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI).Non-vehicular trauma incidents such as burns and physical assaults also peaked on Diwali day, the report said.GVK EMRI, which provides ambulance services in Gujarat, stated that the highest number of road accident emergencies during Diwali and post-Diwali days was recorded on New Year day with 914 cases – an increase by 115 per cent as against the usual day trend of 424.The average road accident emergencies reported in the three days of Diwali – October 24, 25 and 26 – was 734 with two-wheeler accidents taking up 82 per cent of the total share.Ahmedabad district topped the list of road accidents with an increase of 40 per cent. The district saw 102 cases being reported on October 26 and 271 cases in the three days.Meanwhile, according to the data shared by the Ahmedabad city traffic police division, 19 cases were registered in the city during the seven days from October 21 to 27, under section 283 of IPC (danger, obstruction or injury to any person in any public way or public line of navigation), five cases for rash driving and 10 cases for disobedience of orders promulgated by a public servant.Notably, the Gujarat home department prior to Diwali had announced a suspension of imposing fines on petty traffic violators from October 21 to 27.Apart from vehicular incidents, non-vehicular emergency incidents such as that of burns and physical assault too saw a significant rise.During the three days from October 24 to 26, physical assaults were the second-most reported incidents for emergency care that averaged 246 per day. The highest number of emergency calls for such incidents in the state was received on Diwali day (257) against the usual day trend of 121.Thirty burn cases, most of them being from Ahmedabad (17), were reported on Diwali day, against the six odd cases seen usually across the state on normal days.GVK EMRI analysis said that the majority of the calls were reported during 4 pm to 10 pm.The pre-Diwali celebrations had also seen a spike in cases of vehicular trauma on October 23, with a rise of nearly 50 per cent compared to regular days, while 16 cases of burns were reported instead of the average six cases reported on a regular day.
Six people were killed and nearly 15 others injured after a bus rammed into a trailer on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai national highway on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said.The accident took place around 4 am when the luxury bus was going towards Surat from Rajasthan, they said.It hit the trailer from behind while trying to overtake it on a bridge on the highway, an official from Panigate police station said.As many as six passengers were killed and around 15 others injured in the accident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-3) Yashpal Jaganiya said.“Four persons were killed on the spot and two others died in hospital,” he said.The deceased included a child, a woman and four men, the police said.
The bus hit the trailer from behind while trying to overtake it on a bridge.Vadodara: Six people were killed and at least 15 others injured after a bus rammed into a trailer on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai national highway on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.The accident took place around 4 am when the luxury bus was going towards Surat from Rajasthan, they said.It hit the trailer from behind while trying to overtake it on a bridge on the highway, an official from Panigate police station said.As many as six passengers were killed and at least 15 others injured in the accident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-3) Yashpal Jaganiya said."Four persons were killed on the spot and two others died in hospital," he said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comA child, a woman and four men were among those killed, the police said.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
On a day Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said “collision with cattle on tracks is unavoidable”, the Vande Bharat Express met with a cattle collision for the second consecutive day en route to Mumbai.At around 4 pm Friday, the Vande Bharat Express collided with a cow at the Kanjari Boriyavi station in Kheda district of Gujarat. On Thursday, the train collided with four buffaloes at Vatva near Ahmedabad on its way to Gandhinagar. Railway officials confirmed that the train, which had been left with a damaged nose for the second consecutive day, will undergo repair on arriving in Mumbai shortly after 8 pm Friday evening.According to railway officials, the train was running on time despite the damaged nose, which had only been repaired Thursday evening after it reached Mumbai following a collision with buffaloes the same day. Railway officials said the cow that collided with the train Friday died but no human casualty was reported.Notably, the accident comes on a day Vaishnaw was in Anand district – just a few kilometres from Friday’s accident spot. When asked about Thursday’s accident, Vaishnaw said the train had been designed to withstand “unavoidable” collisions with bovines.He said, “The train is sturdy and designed to withstand accidents… In India, railway tracks are on (accessible) grounds, and everywhere, cattle cross railway tracks. It is not possible to stop them. Only when we elevate tracks in the next few years, will we be able to prevent collisions with cattle. Until then, it is unavoidable when trains are running at high speeds of 120, 130, or 160 kmph…”Vaishnaw further added that the collisions with Vande Bharat train will not result in casualty. He said, “The train has been designed thoughtfully to be strong, keeping in mind that it can be mended immediately in case of an accident… As soon as it reached Mumbai (on Thursday after Vatva-Gandhinagar), it was cleaned and its nose was replaced… The air spring of the train is a shock absorber and one cannot hear any noise inside it. The next version of Vande Bharat will run at a speed of 200kmph.”Vaishnaw, who was interacting with students at the engineering college in Vallabh Vidyanagar after inaugurating the newly reconstructed Anand railway station, said that it was the “vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by which 199 railway stations across the country were to undergo redevelopment in the near future”.The minister also described to the students the ride that the prime minister took during the inaugural run of Vande Bharat train. He said, “Modiji travelled for 40 km on the train and he spoke to the technicians and welders… They wanted pictures with him and he obliged eight or nine times, standing without support on the train even when it was running at high speed. This is because one cannot feel vibrations inside the train… The noise decibels are low. This is because it is a world-class train.”
The Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express hit a cow near Anand station in Gujarat on Friday, resulting in minor damage to the train’s nose panel, an official said.A day before, the newly-launched semi-high speed train had hit four buffaloes and its nose cone had to be replaced.The railway official said the train did not sustain major damage in the latest incident except a small dent on the nose cone panel.The incident on Friday took place at 3.48 pm near Anand, about 432 km from Mumbai.“The train’s front portion has suffered a small dent,” confirmed Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of Western Railway, adding that all the passengers were safe.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Gujarat has registered a case against the owners of buffaloes that were hit by the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat express, in which the front portion of the train was damaged, officials said on Friday.The nose cone cover of the driver coach of the semi-high speed train, which got damaged after hitting the buffaloes, was replaced with a new one in Mumbai, the Western Railway (WR) said in a statement.The newly-launched Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat train had hit the herd of buffaloes around 11.15 am on Thursday near Ahmedabad, when the train was on its way to Gandhinagar. Four buffaloes were killed in the incident, the officials said.“The RPF has lodged a first information report (FIR) against the unidentified owners of the buffaloes that came in the way of Vande Bharat train between Vatva and Maninagar railway stations in Ahmedabad,” WR’s senior spokesperson (Ahmedabad division) Jitendra Kumar Jayant said.RPF inspector Pradeep Sharma posted at Vatva railway station said the FIR was filed under section 147 of the Railways Act, 1989, which deals with unauthorised entry into any part of a railway and misuse of its property.“The FIR was registered on Thursday evening in connection with the incident in which four buffaloes were killed,” he said.The railway police have not yet been able to identify the owners of the buffaloes so far and efforts are on to do so, he said.The incident had occurred in Punitnagar area near Vatva railway station on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city, Sharma added.The train’s damaged nose cone cover made up of FRP (fibre-reinforced plastic) was replaced with a new one in Mumbai, the WR said in a statement.“The nose cone cover of the train’s driver coach along with its mounting brackets was damaged in the cattle-hit incident. However, the vital parts of the train remained unaffected. The damaged nose cone was replaced at the Coach Care Centre in Mumbai Central,” WR’s chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said.After the incident on Thursday, the train had covered the distance to Gandhinagar Capital station and back to Mumbai Central without the nose cover panel as there was no damage to it train’s vital parts, he said.“The nose cover is designed to absorb the impact without transmitting the same to the functional parts of the train. Therefore, it is sacrificial by design and hence replaceable,” Thakur added.Railway keeps sufficient nose-cones as spare, he said.“The damaged nose cone was replaced in no time and the train was put back to service without any extra down time. The train departed from Mumbai today without any inconvenience to the passengers,” he said.According to the official, the Western Railway is taking all necessary measures to prevent such incidents in future.The indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high speed train, the third service under the Vande Bharat series, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 from Gandhinagar Capital and it started the commercial run from the next day.
The recently launched Vande Bharat train that was damaged after it hit a herd of buffaloes on Gujarat rail tracks was put back into service Friday, said the Western Railway. The train that runs between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar was repaired at Mumbai Central Railway carshed.The front portion of the driver’s cabin of Vande Bharat got damaged Thursday morning after a herd of four buffaloes strayed onto the railway tracks between Vatva and Maninagar stations as the speeding train from Mumbai was proceeding to Gandhinagar.Though the train was detained for 10 minutes at the site, it reached Gandhinagar on time. Vital parts of the train remained unaffected by the impact, said the Western Railway on Friday.“On this hit with the cattle, the nose-cone cover of the front coach i.e. driver coach was damaged with its mounting brackets. The nose cover is designed to absorb the impact without transmitting the same to the functional parts of the train. Therefore, it is sacrificial by design and hence replaceable. The Railways keeps sufficient nose-cones as spare. It was replaced with a new one in Mumbai Central depot in no time during the maintenance and the train was put back to service without any extra downtime,” the statement said.After fixing the damaged portion, the train departed from Mumbai Friday without causing any inconvenience to the passengers. Meanwhile, the Western Railway ensured that it is taking all action to prevent such incidents in the future.
Vande Bharat Express:The front of the train, damaged after hitting cattle, is now repaired.Mumbai: The front portion of the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train, which was damaged after hitting some buffaloes in Gujarat, has been replaced by the railway authorities, an official said today. The Vande Bharat train was repaired within 24 hours of the incident.The nose of the newly-launched Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train had suffered damage after it hit a herd of buffaloes around 11:15 am on Thursday near Ahmedabad, when the train was on its way to Gandhinagar."The nose cone cover of the train's driver coach along with its mounting brackets was damaged in the cattle-hit incident. However, the vital parts of the train remained unaffected. The damaged nose cone was replaced at the Coach Care Centre in Mumbai Central," Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of the Western Railway said.The nose cone was made up of FRP (fibre-reinforced plastic).The incident had occurred between Vatva and Maninagar areas of Ahmedabad, but the train had covered the distance to Gandhinagar Capital station and back to Mumbai Central without the panel on Thursday."The nose cover is designed to absorb the impact without transmitting the same to the functional parts of the train. Therefore, it is sacrificial by design and hence replaceable," Thakur said.He said that a sufficient quantity of nose cones is kept as a spare."The damaged nose cone was replaced with a new one at the Mumbai Central depot in no time during the maintenance and the train was put back to service without any extra down time. The train departed from Mumbai today without any inconvenience to the passengers," he added.The Western Railway is taking all necessary action to prevent such incidents in future, he said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high speed train, the third service under the Vande Bharat series, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 from Gandhinagar Capital and it started the commercial run from the next day. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
The damaged nose cone cover of the Vande Bharat train was replaced.Mumbai/Ahmedabad: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Gujarat has registered a case against the owners of buffaloes that were hit by the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat express, in which the front portion of the train was damaged, officials said on Friday.The nose cone cover of the driver coach of the semi-high speed train, which got damaged after hitting the buffaloes, was replaced with a new one in Mumbai, the Western Railway (WR) said in a statement.The newly-launched Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat train had hit the herd of buffaloes around 11.15 am on Thursday near Ahmedabad, when the train was on its way to Gandhinagar. Four buffaloes were killed in the incident, the officials said."The RPF has lodged a first information report (FIR) against the unidentified owners of the buffaloes that came in the way of Vande Bharat train between Vatva and Maninagar railway stations in Ahmedabad," WR's senior spokesperson (Ahmedabad division) Jitendra Kumar Jayant said.RPF inspector Pradeep Sharma posted at Vatva railway station said the FIR was filed under section 147 of the Railways Act, 1989, which deals with unauthorised entry into any part of a railway and misuse of its property."The FIR was registered on Thursday evening in connection with the incident in which four buffaloes were killed," he said. The railway police have not yet been able to identify the owners of the buffaloes so far and efforts are on to do so, he said.The incident had occurred in Punitnagar area near Vatva railway station on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city, Mr Sharma added.The train's damaged nose cone cover made up of FRP (fibre-reinforced plastic) was replaced with a new one in Mumbai, the WR said in a statement."The nose cone cover of the train's driver coach along with its mounting brackets was damaged in the cattle-hit incident. However, the vital parts of the train remained unaffected. The damaged nose cone was replaced at the Coach Care Centre in Mumbai Central," WR's chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said.After the incident on Thursday, the train had covered the distance to Gandhinagar Capital station and back to Mumbai Central without the nose cover panel as there was no damage to it train's vital parts, he said."The nose cover is designed to absorb the impact without transmitting the same to the functional parts of the train. Therefore, it is sacrificial by design and hence replaceable," Mr Thakur added.Railway keeps sufficient nose-cones as spare, he said."The damaged nose cone was replaced in no time and the train was put back to service without any extra down time. The train departed from Mumbai today without any inconvenience to the passengers," he said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comAccording to the official, the Western Railway is taking all necessary measures to prevent such incidents in future. The indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high speed train, the third service under the Vande Bharat series, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 from Gandhinagar Capital and it started the commercial run from the next day.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
In an apparent reference to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupendra Yadav on Monday said that a few states were not doing any work with regard to occupational safety.“A lot of good work is being done with regard to occupational safety code in a number of states. Even Gujarat is doing a lot of work with regard to occupational safety. But I am sad to say that no work is being done with regard to occupational safety in some states,” said Yadav who accompanied Union Home Minister Amit Shah to lay the foundation stone of a 350-bed ESIC hospital at Sanand GIDC.“I live in Delhi, which has a state government. In the past five months, 35 accidents happened and workers died. Only ESIC has worked for the welfare of workers,” he said without naming the AAP government. Yadav was, however, silent regarding the recent industrial accidents and mortality in Gujarat.Speaking about the proposed Rs 500-crore hospital, Yadav said the upcoming hospital will be expanded to 500 beds later. “This hospital will be one of the most modern ones in the country and all the medical services will be provided not just to workers, but even to people living in this region,” he said thanking the Gujarat government for providing 9.5 acres of land for the project.He also invited designs from architect schools in Gujarat for the proposed ESIC hospital at Sanand. “The first five designs selected will be given prizes between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 25,000. This is to get the best design for the hospital,” Yadav added.Speaking at the event, Amit Shah thanked Yadav for the proposed hospital in his Lok Sabha constituency. Shah represents Gandhinagar constituency that extends up to the automotive hub of Sanand.“This hospital will have an OPD, X-ray and radiology departments, pathology laboratory, operation theatres, ICU and ultra sound facilities… The services will be such that nobody will have to travel to Ahmedabad city for accessing medical facilities,” Shah said addressing a gathering of workers.Earlier in the day, Shah opened a flyover on the SP Ring Road and a primary health care centre and Deendayal Milan Kendra at Virochannagar in Sanand taluka of Ahmedabad district.
Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav said in Gujarat Monday that a few states were not doing any work concerning occupational safety in an indirect attack on the Delhi government.“A lot of good work is being done by several states on the occupational safety code. Even Gujarat is doing a lot of work with regard to occupational safety. But I am sad to say that no work is being done concerning occupational safety in some states,” said Yadav, who accompanied Union Home Minister Amit Shah to lay the foundation stone of a 350-bed Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) hospital at Sanand Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).“I live in Delhi which has a state government. I have seen that in the last five months, 35 accidents happened and workers died. Only ESIC has worked for the welfare of workers,” he said without naming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. Yadav was, however, silent about the recent industrial accidents and deaths in Gujarat.Speaking about the proposed Rs 500-crore hospital, Yadav said it would be expanded to have 500 beds later. This hospital will be one of the most modern ones in the country and all the medical services will be provided, not just to workers, but even to people living in this region,” he said, thanking the Gujarat government for providing 9.5 acres of land for the project.He also invited designs from architect schools in Gujarat for the proposed hospital at Sanand. “The first five designs selected will be given prizes between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 25,000. This is to get the best design for the hospital,” Yadav added.Amit Shah thanked Yadav for the proposed hospital, which comes under his Gandhinagar constituency. “This hospital will have OPD, X-Ray and radiology departments, pathology laboratory, operation theatres, ICU and ultrasound facilities… The services will be such that nobody will have to travel to Ahmedabad city from Sanand for accessing medical facilities,” Shah said addressing a gathering of workers who had come from in and around Sanand.Earlier in the day, Shah opened a flyover on the SP Ring Road, a primary health care centre and Deendayal Milan Kendra at Virochannagar in the Sanand taluka of Ahmedabad district.
