West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi today expressed grief over the loss of lives in the derailment of the Indore-Patna Express near Kanpur.
"It's a very very sad incident. My heart goes out to the family of the deceased persons," Tripathi said on the sidelines after delivering Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lecture here this afternoon.
Nearly 100 passengers were killed and over 200 injured, 76 of them seriously, when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhraya in Kanpur dehat district in the wee hours today.
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