Goods train derailed in Jharkhand, services disrupted

A goods train derailed in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Wednesday morning, affecting railway services, officials said. The incident happened near Kanaroan railway station around 10.15 am in the Ranchi division of South Eastern Railway, they said. 

"As many as 10 wagons of the goods train derailed, and eight of them overturned. The



train was transporting iron ore," Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Suchi Singh told media. Police said no casualty was reported in the incident.

The train was transporting iron ore from Bondamunda in Odisha to Ranchi, they said. The exact cause of the derailment is yet to be ascertained, they said, adding that an investigation is underway.