NEW DELHI: A total of 29 train accidents took place in the current financial year up to November 26 due to equipment failure and sabotage among other reasons that left 17 people dead and 71 injured, the Rajya Sabha was informed.
In a written reply in the Upper House on November 29, Vaishnaw provided month-wise details of the accidents. He was responding to DMK MP Kanimozhi's questions regarding the number of accidents in trains, including goods trains that occurred during the last year along with the reasons.
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