'PM Cares? For What?', Anurag Kashyap Reacts To Aurangabad Train Accident That Killed Migrants
According to the railway officials, the group of the migrants were hit by an empty petroleum tanker train, which was proceeding from Cherlapalli in Telangana to Paniwadi, near Manmad in Maharashtra.
2020- A year when everyone is waking up to one bad news or the other. The horror of the previous day isn't even forgotten when we collectively are exposed to a piece of yet another heartbreaking news.
Just one day after the Vizag gas leak incident that claimed lives and left many hospitalized, at least 16 migrant laborers have died after a goods train ran over a group of workers asleep on the railway tracks early on Friday in Maharashtra's Aurangabad.
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The home-bound and exhausted workers were run over between Jalna and Aurangabad, officials said. A Railway Ministry official spoke to IANS and confirmed,
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"At least 14 people died on the spot and two were injured in the incident. The injured persons admitted in the hospital later succumbed to their injuries."
A senior railway official confirmed that the migrant group was run over by the goods train running in the Nanded Division of South Central Railway. The incident happened around 5.22 a.m. when the migrants, who were on their way back to their homes fell asleep on the railway tracks.
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According to the railway officials, the group of the migrants were hit by an empty petroleum tanker train, which was proceeding from Cherlapalli in Telangana to Paniwadi, near Manmad in Maharashtra.
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Reacting to the news, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who never believes in mincing his words, took to Twitter to point out his grievances.
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In a series of tweets, he expressed his anger and asked the Govt. to at least 'start saving lives of those who are alive.'
?? ???? ?????? ?????? ??? ?? ? assistance to who? ????? ????? ?? ?????? ???? situation ?????? ?? ???? ?? ?? ???? ?? ???? ????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ??? ????? ?? ?? ??? ????? ?? ???? ?? ?? ????????? ?? ?????????? ???? ??????? ???? ??? ??? ??? ???? ? https://t.co/Cd33YRzNTN
¡ª Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) May 8, 2020
PMCARES for what ??
¡ª Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) May 8, 2020
Images from the scene of the accident showed the tracks strewn with footwear, food, and other personal belongings of the workers.
