Ahmedabad, March 24 - A part of a gantry slipped from its place at the bullet train project site near here and fell on the railway tracks. No loss of life or property was reported in the incident, but several trains were cancelled and some were diverted to other routes.
The National High Speed ??Rail Corporation said that no loss of life was reported in the accident that took place at Vatwa near here around 11 pm on Sunday and no damage was done to the under-construction structure. An official of the Ahmedabad Railway Division said that the incident affected rail traffic and at least 25 trains had to be cancelled while 15 others were temporarily cancelled, five were rescheduled and six were diverted to other routes.
Railway officials said that efforts are on to resume train services on the concerned railway lines. An NHSRCL official said that work is underway to clear the railway lines with the help of heavy duty road cranes. The cancelled trains included Vatva-Borivali Express, Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Express, Vadodara-Vatva Intercity, Ahmedabad-Valsad Gujarat Queen, Jamnagar-Vadodara Intercity, Vadanagar-Valsad-Vadanagar Express and Vatva-Anand MEMU. The timings of Ahmedabad-MGR Chennai Central Humsafar Express, Rajkot-Secunderabad Express and some other trains were changed. Railway officials have also issued a helpline number for passengers.