By Navneet Singh
New Delhi, March 13 (Ians) Eight junior Madhya Pradesh recurve archers, who were travelling to Dehradun for the Junior National Championships, had a narrow escape on Saturday afternoon when their coach of the Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express train caught fire near Haridwar and burned all their equipment and luggage.
However, none of the archers, coming from Jabalpur, sustained burn injuries. They finally reached Dehradun by the same train after the burned coach was detached. They bought new clothes in Dehradun, but will now have to make some arrangement to get equipment for the competition.
Madhya Pradesh coach Ashok Yadav, accompanying the team, said that the coach No. C-5 caught fire due to short circuit after the train crossed the Haridwar railway station. "We all are safe but our luggage and equipment has been burnt in the accident," Yadav, 38, told Ians from Dehradun.
The athletes were aged between 17 and 20 years.
New Delhi, March 13 (Ians) Eight junior Madhya Pradesh recurve archers, who were travelling to Dehradun for the Junior National Championships, had a narrow escape on Saturday afternoon when their coach of the Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express train caught fire near Haridwar and burned all their equipment and luggage.
However, none of the archers, coming from Jabalpur, sustained burn injuries. They finally reached Dehradun by the same train after the burned coach was detached. They bought new clothes in Dehradun, but will now have to make some arrangement to get equipment for the competition.
Madhya Pradesh coach Ashok Yadav, accompanying the team, said that the coach No. C-5 caught fire due to short circuit after the train crossed the Haridwar railway station. "We all are safe but our luggage and equipment has been burnt in the accident," Yadav, 38, told Ians from Dehradun.
The athletes were aged between 17 and 20 years.
- 3/13/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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