Gaisal train accident: NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister NitishKumar was probably right in resigning over the gruesome Gaisal accident ofAugust 2, 1999, that killed over 400 passengers in West Bengal. The Justice G NRay ... A Gaisal train accident survivor in West Bengal recounted the 24-year-old horror after the Odisha train accident . The picture of that terrible accident of Gaisal flashed in front of his eyes, he said. CHIEF COMMISSIONER RAILWAY SAFETY STARTS INQUIRY TOMORROW INTO THE GAISAL TRAIN ACCIDENT 276 BODIES RECOVERED SO FAR A s one of the biggest rescue and relief operation in the wake of collision of two trains at Gaisal, involving personnel from Railway Protection Forces, State Police, BSF, Army, doctors, nurses, para-medical staff, porters, social workers, villagers and with the deployment of heavy cranes, gas cutters and hydraulic cutters is nearing completion, 276 bodies have been recovered ... Gaisal train disaster In 1999, Brahmaputra Mail crashed into the stationary Avadh Assam Express at Gaisal station, killing over 285 people, many of whom were Army, BSF or CRPF personnel.