Dense fog in north India hits air, rail traffic
Dense fog enveloped large swathes of north India Saturday, leading to three train collisions in Uttar Pradesh that claimed ten lives and injured 45 others, while three people were killed in road accidents in the national capital. Air, rail and road transport was severely hit across the region due to the heavy fog.
The train accidents took place in Kanpur, Etawah and Allahabad districts.
In the Kanpur accident, ten people were killed and 40 injured when the Gorakhdham Express collided with the stationary Prayagraj Express near Panki railway station, some 90 km from Lucknow. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi was travelling in the Prayagraj Express to Allahabad.
''Joshi is safe and unhurt,'' said a senior railway official.
Text: IANS
Image: A worker stands on tracks holding a red flag as others work at a train station in New Delhi, on January 2, 2010. (Photo Copyright AP)
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