After the train met with an accident near Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, only half of the batch will take the holy dip as a female member was killed and 15 others suffered grievous injuries. The train had a large number of pilgrims from south and central India due to the Somwati Amawasya festival. At Prem Nagar ashram where 207 passengers from Utkal Express have been put up, Gyan Maayi said she decided to give spiritual discourse to a large section of the train passengers who are in trauma. “I myself suffered injuries but I will feel happy if I can remove some mental scar and fear of fellow injured passengers, ”she said. Train Ticket Examiner Kranti Swarup, who had boarded train from Delhi’s Nizamuddin railway station, was in S-4 coach,when the accident occurred.

Source: Hindustan Times August 20, 2017 14:14 UTC