On Sunday morning, the driver of the 12534 Pushpak Express, AK Bhasin, spotted a fire extinguisher cylinder on the railway track near Govindpuri station in Kanpur. He immediately applied emergency brakes and stopped the train. The cylinder, a railway safety cylinder used for fire prevention, was handed over to the RPF...
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at Kanpur Central. This incident marks the fourth time in 45 days that a cylinder has been found on the Kanpur railway track. Investigations suggest the cylinder may have fallen from the 22538 Kushinagar Express, which passed the same track earlier. Authorities are investigating how the cylinder fell and if any passenger intentionally dropped it. The incident has raised concerns about safety protocols. A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident, while the RPF and Carriage & Wagon department have also started their own investigations.