Dehradun, Dec. 31 -- Reacting to reports linking Indian Railway trains to the Chamoli train collision, Northern Railway officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay clarified that the incident has nothing to do with Indian Railways.

The Chief Public Relations Officer further noted that these trains were part of a local transportation arrangement made by the tunnel project team.

"It is clarified that during the construction of a hydro power project, tunnel construction, an event occurred due to the local trolley transportation arrangement in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. This event has nothing to do with Indian Railways. The trains mentioned in the news are not Indian Railway trains. This is a local arrangement done by the Tunnel Project team for ...