Mysuru: In a bid to test the efficacy of the Disaster Management Plan that includes a range of activities enabling the personnel from various departments of the Railways to practice the safety-related measures during emergency, the South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, in association with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other agencies of the State Government, conducted a full-scale mock drill at Ashokapuram Railway Station this morning.
As soon as the sirens at Ashokapuram Railway Station began to sound at 10.05 am today, it was learnt that two coaches of the passenger train had derailed and one of the coaches had mounted atop another coach.
