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Shattered windows: Vande Bharat stone pelting incidents cause huge losses

TNN | Last updated on - Oct 17, 2023, 13:52 IST
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​Vande Bharat stone pelting

Reports of stone pelting on the Vande Bharat Express have emerged from various parts of India, causing property damage, injuries, and heightened security concerns.


On January 2, 2023, stones were thrown at the Vande Bharat Express running between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri near Malda, West Bengal, causing damage to two window panes.
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Vande Bharat Express

February 25, 2023: The first Vande Bharat train in South India was hit by stones while en route to Bengaluru Cantonment, leading to damage to six panoramic windows.

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Vande Bharat Express photos

March 12, 2023: The train was targeted with stones near Farrakka in Murshidabad district, causing damage to the window panes of a coach.
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Vande Bharat Express

April 6, 2023: The Vande Bharat Express departing from Visakhapatnam encountered an episode of stone pelting, leading to the breaking of a coach's glass pane.

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Vande Bharat Train

May 2, 2023: Stones were thrown at the Vande Bharat train as it traveled from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram, passing through Tirur in the Malappuram district.

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Vande bharat window damage

June 18, 2023: The Dehradun-Delhi Vande Bharat Express encountered a case of stone pelting near Muzaffarnagar station, marking the seventh incident since January.

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Ashwini Vaishnaw on Vande Bharat Express

July 26, 2023: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw disclosed to Parliament that Railways has incurred a loss exceeding Rs 55 lakh since 2019 as a result of damages from stone pelting on Vande Bharat trains.

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Vande Bharat stone pelting photos

August 6, 2023: A Vande Bharat Express en route from Gorakhpur to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki encountered another episode of stone-throwing, causing damage to a coach's window near Safedabad Railway Station.

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Vande Bharat stone pelting

September 15, 2023: The window pane of Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat express was damaged in an alleged act stone pelting.
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Vande Bharat Express

October 17, 2023: Stones thrown at Vande Bharat Express in Ujjain for two consecutive days, damaging two coaches' glass panes, prompting investigation and RPF case.
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Nemam Natarajan Pasupathy
957 days ago
Shoot at sight is the only solution. Not rubber bullets or tear gas. A law like in the time of British must be reintroduced to arrest and imprison anyone Walking near railway tracks . The tracks can be monitored by UAVs or even quadrocopters and videos can be sent to control room in real time. The Armed escorts of RPF must open fire after a few warning shots. The stone pelting will cease within a week.
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