Overview
- Chamoli District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar said 109 people were onboard the two internal trains when they crashed inside the Pipalkoti tunnel late Tuesday.
- Officials reported around 60 injuries and said all patients are stable after rescue and evacuations concluded overnight.
- One train was carrying workers and officials and the other construction materials inside the project tunnel when they collided, with two coaches reported derailed.
- At least 42 injured were admitted to the District Hospital in Gopeshwar and 17 to Vivekananda Hospital in Pipalkoti, with police noting a handful of fractures.
- Senior officials, including the district magistrate and superintendent of police, oversaw hospital care and site response at THDC’s 444 MW Vishnugad–Pipalkoti hydropower project on the Alaknanda River.