According to officials, 10 coaches of Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district, about 180 km from Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. So far no causality has been reported in the accident.
"In the accident 74 people have been injured and they have been admitted to nearby hospitals," senior local government official Arvind Kumar told the media. "The injured have been admitted at AIIMS Saifai in Etawah and nearby hospitals."
Authorities have initiated relief and rescue operations.
About 40 trains have been diverted and seven canceled as train traffic on Delhi-Howrah route has been disrupted following the accident.
The derailment comes three days after the deadly train accident in Muzaffarnagar district of the state. At least 23 people were killed and over 150 others injured, some of them critically, after 14 coaches of the train derailed falling upon one another.
