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Only few days has passed of the tragedy that occurred with Indore – Patna Express in which life of at least 150 passengers faded away; when panic gripped passengers of Udyogkarmi Express that was on the move towards Jhansi from Kanpur yesterday.

The unusual noise coming out of the coach forced passengers to pull the chain to stop 12944 Udyogkarmi Express. The train remain halted at the station for three hours till the fault was rectified by railway’s technical department.

The train departed from Kanpur for Jhansi and was approaching Rasoolpur when passengers heard unusual noise coming out from the coach. Immediately they pulled the chain and raised alarm after which a message was sent to Jhansi railway station by the guard. Technical team arrived only after few hours to take care of the noise which delayed train for about three hours.

It was discovered that wheel was not rotating properly due to jammed brakes.