Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Jan 10: A border stone, which is normally planted to mark the borders of properties surveyed, was found to have been placed on the railway track at Mallar Kote Road near Kaup on Monday January 9.
It seems some miscreants brought the stone, which is considerably heavy, from some distance, and placed it on the railway track on purpose.
The Rajdhani Express Train moving between New Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram, which passed through the region at around 5.30 pm on Monday suffered minor damages to the engine and its front bumper after passing over the stone. The train driver, who had seen the stone from a distance, had applied breaks on time. Therefore, the speed of the train had come down, averting a major tragedy.
The driver thereafter stopped train at Padubidri station, verified the damages, and reported to the station master. Thereafter, the train moved ahead towards its destination. In this connection, railway officials filed a complaint in Kaup police station.