Around 30 lives were lost and more than 300 people are estimated to have been injured in a major train accident near Harda in Madhya Pradesh late Tuesday night.

Twin train derailment in MP

Around 30 lives were lost and more than 300 people are estimated to have been injured in a major train accident near Harda in MP.

Multiple coaches of Mumbai-Varanasi Kamayani Express and the Jabalpur Mumbai Janata Express derailed at the same time.

Railway board Chairman AK Mittal said a flash flood had caused caving of the tracks which were intact minutes before the incident.

Some of the bogies of the Kamayani Express had also fallen into the river, local authorities said.

Rescue operations were delayed because roads had been damaged by rain.