Traveling Salesman Jun 3, 2023
Horrible #railway #accident in #India with two #trains derailing within minutes of each other and #derailed coaches colliding and then a goods train running over the #collision. 220+ dead and rising. Dead look mostly to be poor labourers from eastern and north eastern states. Complete #systemic #failure.
Show threadTraveling Salesman Jun 3, 2023
The current #railways minister #Ashwini #Vaishnaw is famous for tweeting speeded up videos of new trains, which #Modi personally inaugurates. Who knows what basic rules and safety systems have been diluted to introduce these new #potemkin #trains.
Show threadTraveling Salesman Jun 3, 2023
To laugh or to cry? Can't make this up. Here is #Vaishnaw, the #railways #minister of #india, making #propaganda videos of himself, while officials of India's National Disaster Relief Force (#NDRF) stand by waiting for him to finish.
Show threadTraveling Salesman 
Tragedy of #India is many people will believe this crap because they want to believe it.
Jun 3, 2023 at 4:37amWeb
Show threadTraveling Salesman Jun 4, 2023
Really worried for survivors of this tragedy as state response seems to have moved into phase 3 of:
Show threadShibaprasad B ☕Jun 3, 2023
@def__init__e what is he even trying to imply here?
Show threadTraveling Salesman Jun 4, 2023
@shibaprasad that indian railways bureaucrats intentionally caused this accident to embarrass an ultra efficient and competent railways minister 😂😏
Show threadShibaprasad B ☕Jun 4, 2023
@def__init__e Hahah okay.
A bhakt I know was saying kind of the same in the morning. Idiots.