Uttar Pradesh: 4 bogies of Lokmanya Tilak express derailed in Unnao

New Delhi: Four bogies of Lokmanya Tilak Express derailed at Unnao railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. No casualties, injuries are reported. Image courtesy: ANI Developing story. Interestingly, recently, the railways had said that it would explore the possibility of acquiring an advanced technology system for rail fracture detection and track monitoring to enhance safety in the wake of frequent derailments. Aiming at augmenting the pace of latest technological adaptations, the Research and Development Standards Organisation (RDSO), the research wing of the railways, had decided to hold a two-day global technology conference from May 3 in Delhi. The conference would have the four major thrusts areas -- enhanced safety, capacity enhancement and congestion reduction and better customer service, had said the Director General of the RDSO, R K Kulshrestha. At the conference, the RDSO had decided to showcase the indigenously developed train collision avoidance system (TCAS).