The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Chandigarh has directed the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Chandigarh, and the Indian Railways to refund Rs 477.70 spent on two tickets and give Rs 10,000 compensation to a city couple for refusing to refund the ticket money after the train, diverted due to technical reasons, did not come to their boarding station Gurgaon.
Bhartendu Sood of Chandigarh stated in a complaint that on November 29, 2022, he and his wife Neela Sood booked two railway tickets for their journey from Gurgaon to Chandigarh on December 13, 2022 Rs 477.70.
New rail alignment between Mumbai and Pune with gentler slope gets sanctioned by Railway Minister. The route is longer but will be faster due to elimination of need of Banker locomotives.
A major rail accident was narrowly avoided in Samastipur when the Bihar Sampark Kranti Express, traveling from Darbhanga to New Delhi, split into two parts with the coaches detaching from the engine. Railway officials quickly arrived at the scene near Khudiram Bose Pusa railway station and began reconnecting the coaches to the engine. There are no reported casualties.