Karachi:
The Mai Kolachi route was not reopened to circulate more than 6 pm after a trailer and an oil tanker crashed into a freight train in unanswered level on the artery. Long queues of heavy vehicles extend to May Kolachi Road while traffic is diverted to alternative routes while the police and railways could not give the whole light.
The bizarre accident, which took place in the early hours of Friday, sparked a row between the Oil Tanker Contractors Association and the Railway Authorities. The traffic SP for the district of West Noorul Haq Rind blamed the railways, saying that there was strong traffic on May Kolachi Road from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. at the time of the accident.
According to SP Rind, the oil tanker, which transported 48,000 liters of petrol, was transferred to another oil tanker at 8:30 am, and the road was closed to avoid other unfortunate incidents.
He added that May Kolachi Road has no inhabited railway crossing, while no warning in advance was given to the traffic police concerning the passage of the freight train. “No railway staff was present on the site at the time of the accident,” he added.
On the other hand, the railroad authorities have said that goods trains do not cross the crossing of the May Kolachi Route every day, and that the trains only arrive from time to time when the goods are transported from port.
The Association of Entrepreneurs de petroleiers criticized the railways for the accident, stressing that the absence of a crossing holder and the railway staff led to the disaster. The president of the Abidullah Afridi association said that the driver of the oil tanker, who had lost a leg in the collision, was the victim of circumstances independent of his control. He called for financial compensation for the injured driver and his family, adding that an FIR will be registered against the railway administration.
Meanwhile, the Superintendent of the Railway Station for Kaemari Shahbaz Zaidi said that the accident investigations were underway. Daily freight trains go through the May Kolachi Road area, but the absence of railway staff during the incident will only be clarified after the investigation.
According to the spokesperson for Helpline 1915, traffic was restored on the track of the tower in a boats, and efforts are underway to reopen the road to the Tour Basin.
Although the truckers and the police blame the railways for not having presented a door, the question remains why the truck driver did not see the locomotive to come. A train is not a bicycle that trucks can crush and pass.
Hide to tried to run the train, but were caught in the midst of the tracks causing a colossal loss to the federal government. In accordance with the law, the trucking company and the driver will be held responsible for the disruption of railroad traffic and the loss of the loss of the national chessboard.
