Bilaspur Train Accident में छात्रा Priya Chandra की मौत पर ऐसा खुलासा, रो पड़ा हर कई। Chhattisgarh

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💔 The Heartbreaking Tragedy of Priya Chandra: A Father’s Agony in the Bilaspur Train Accident

BILASPUR, CHHATTISGARH—The fatal train collision that recently rocked Chhattisgarh, claiming the lives of at least 11 people, has brought to light a story of devastating, almost unbelievable personal tragedy. Amidst the twisted wreckage of the MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) passenger train and a goods train near Bilaspur, the life of a bright 20-year-old university student, Priya Chandra, was brutally cut short, a loss made all the more wrenching by the unimaginable role her father played as an unwitting eyewitness to the disaster.

The Cruel Twist of Fate

Priya Chandra, a student at Bilaspur University from Bera village in Sakti, had just finished her examination and was heading home. Her journey was not meant to be a round trip, but a message from a friend—a last-minute panic over a remaining exam paper—suddenly changed her plans. This seemingly innocuous message sealed her fate.

Overcoming her initial distress, Priya immediately called her mother to inform her that she had to return to Bilaspur. Her father, meanwhile, was on his way to Bilaspur for personal work. Cruelly, neither knew their paths would cross at the very point of a catastrophic accident.

Priya boarded the local MEMU train, which was traveling from Korba and had reached Champa, to return to Bilaspur. Unknown to her, destiny was directing her to the exact moment of disaster.

The Eyewitness Who Didn’t Know

The MEMU train was involved in a horrific collision, ramming into a stationary goods train from behind near Bilaspur. The impact was so severe that the passenger train’s engine and its first coach mounted the goods train’s wagon, leading to mass casualties and chaos.

In a twist of fate that reads like a nightmare, Priya’s father was present at the accident site. His vehicle had suffered a flat tire, forcing him to stop nearby just as the tragedy unfolded. He saw the horrific scene, the screams, the frantic aftermath, but he had no idea that his own daughter was among the victims, trapped and struggling inside the wreckage he was witnessing as an outsider. He was a spectator to the death of his own child, whom he had not known was on that train.

The Shattering Revelation and Agonizing Search

When the father finally reached home, his wife delivered the devastating news: Priya had taken the train back to Bilaspur for her exam. The father’s world collapsed. The full horror of the scene he had just witnessed—the very carnage he had casually observed—now took on an agonizing new meaning.

He rushed back to Bilaspur, his mind reeling from the realization that his beloved daughter had been suffering in the twisted metal he had looked upon. He desperately called her phone, hoping for a miracle, only to trace the location to the exact site of the accident.

A Mother’s Plea and a Difficult Rescue

The emotional toll on the parents was immense. The victim’s mother, Sita Chandra, shared her profound grief and anger, alleging that the delayed response from authorities was a key factor in her daughter’s death.

“My Priya was trapped there,” the father was quoted as saying, his voice choked with despair. “I saw the accident, but never in my worst nightmare did I imagine my Priya was trapped in it. God snatched her away.”

“The bogie was not cut open for 12 hours,” the mother tearfully stated. “If the rescue had been timely, Priya would have survived. The railway staff also misbehaved at the hospital and refused to hand over the body.”

The rescue operation to extract the trapped passengers was a grueling process. It took a joint team from the Railways and District Administration to use cranes to move the damaged bogie and gas cutters to slice through the seats and windows to gain access. After nearly 10 hours of intense effort, three bodies were finally recovered around 3 AM, one of which was tragically identified as Priya Chandra, a victim of the collision that had claimed at least 11 lives.

Call for Justice and Accountability

The grieving family has publicly demanded adequate compensation and strict action against those responsible for the accident and the alleged mishandling of the aftermath. Railway officials have initiated an investigation, with early reports suggesting the accident may have been caused by a ‘Signal Passed at Danger’ (SPAD) violation, where the passenger train overshot a red signal and collided with the stationary goods train. However, the family, still raw with grief, is holding onto the hope for justice, convinced that better and swifter rescue efforts could have saved their daughter.

The tragedy of Priya Chandra serves as a heartbreaking symbol of the human cost of the Bilaspur train accident, a stark reminder of the fragile nature of life and the devastating consequences of systemic failure. The image of a father, an unwitting eyewitness to the tragic demise of his own daughter, is a haunting motif that has left the entire community in sorrow.

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