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When the Rockfort Express crossed Mundiyambakkam,
its driver Gopalnath Rao was alerted. Rao reduced the
speed by almost half to around 40km an hour, and told
his assistant to keep a close vigil on the tracks ahead.
Soon, the assistant driver spotted the missing tracks
ahead, prompting Rao to apply the emergency brakes.
³It would have been a huge disaster if the train had
crossed the stretch,´ said railway DIG Pon Manikavel.
The DIG said the blast was probably triggered after the
Mangalore Express had crossed the point. ³It was a
coincidence that the Mangalore Express driver had felt
some jolt, unrelated to the blast, and reported it. This
proved providential,´ Manikavel said.
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its driver Gopalnath Rao was alerted. Rao reduced the
speed by almost half to around 40km an hour, and told
his assistant to keep a close vigil on the tracks ahead.
Soon, the assistant driver spotted the missing tracks
ahead, prompting Rao to apply the emergency brakes.
³It would have been a huge disaster if the train had
crossed the stretch,´ said railway DIG Pon Manikavel.
The DIG said the blast was probably triggered after the
Mangalore Express had crossed the point. ³It was a
coincidence that the Mangalore Express driver had felt
some jolt, unrelated to the blast, and reported it. This
proved providential,´ Manikavel said.
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