NDRF teams comprise of trained responders, equipped with state-of-the-art Disaster Management gadgets and Medical Components.
As the victims are trapped inside the bogies, due care and diligence was being taken. NDRF personnel are making all possible efforts to rescue the trapped victims, officials said.
So far, NDRF has rescued 53 passengers including 16 badly trapped from the bogies, they said.
An NDRF Control Room is monitoring the situation round the clock and is in touch with Railway authorities and local civil administration to render any kind of assistance.
The Home Minister has expressed deep pain over the loss of lives caused by derailment.
Rajnath Singh said there will be an enquiry into the incident to find out the detail cause of the accident.
“There will definitely be an enquiry to find out how it happened,” he told reporters at the sidelines of an event here.
The incident took place at about 0310 hours approximately 60 km away from Kanpur at a location known as Pukhrayan where over 100 people were killed and nearly 150 injured.
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