Overview
- Chamoli’s district magistrate ordered a magisterial inquiry after two internal loco trolleys collided inside the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti project tunnel late Tuesday.
- Officials later put the injury count at 88, with 84 discharged and four still hospitalized, after earlier reports cited about 60 injuries; 109 people were onboard.
- The crash occurred during a night shift change roughly 4.5 km inside the tunnel, when a worker-carrying trolley struck another transporting construction materials.
- All injured were evacuated and treated at District Hospital Gopeshwar and Vivekananda Hospital in Pipalkoti, with police and district teams overseeing care.
- Northern Railway clarified the vehicles were not part of its network, as investigators examine safety protocols, signalling and traffic management within the tunnel.