Railways Claim Tribunal To Hold Special Bench For Compensation Claims of Utkal Express Accident Victims

Railways Claim Tribunal To Hold Special Bench For Compensation Claims of Utkal Express Accident Victims

08-09-2017

Bhubaneswar

RCT TO HOLD SPECIAL BENCH FOR COMPENSATION CLAIMS OF UTKAL EXPRESS ACCIDENT VICTIMS

Hon’ble Chairman of Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) has ordered for the Special Benches of Railway Claims Tribunals to inquire into and decide the compensation claims of the victims of the recent Kalnga Utkal Express & Kaifiyat Express accidents so that compensation can be handed over immediately without any delays.

18477 Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express was derailed on 19.08.2017 and 12225 Azamgarh-Delhi Kaifiyat Express on 23.08.2017 in Uttar Pradesh. The Special Benches will be held at RCT Headquarters at 13/15 Mall Road, Delhi and also at five other places viz. Ghaziabad, Bhopal, Lucknow, Jaipur and Bhubaneswar from 11thSeptember to 15thSeptember, 2017 from 1100hrs (11.00A.M) to 1500hrs (03.00P.M).

Accordingly,RCT/Bhubaneswarwill hold Special Benche atOdishaForestDevelopmentCorporationLimitedBuilding (2ndFloor),PlotNumber-A/84,KharavelaNagar,Unit-III,Bhubaneswar-1as per the timing and date mentioned above.

The person who has sustained the injury or suffered any loss, any agent authorised by the victim on his behalf, guardian of the victim in case of minor or the dependant of the deceased resulted from the above accidents can file the application for compensation with all relevant identity proofs in original like Aadhar Card, Voter Identity Card, Ration Card, Family Register, Resident proof including other relevant documents.

Source:ECR