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Haryana, Dec.24 (ANI): A diesel locomotive derailed after it rammed into a Delhi-bound freight train at Ambala in Haryana on Friday morning.

Besides the locomotive, many wagons of the freight train also derailed. Three were badly damaged.

Senior railway officials, including the Divisional Railway Manager are at the spot with a team of gangmen for salvage operations.

Assessing the damage caused by the collision, P A Sangi, Divisional Railways Manager, Ambala Division said an inquiry has been ordered.

“The damage you can see for yourself that three VFRs and a diesel engine have been derailed. It seems that three bogies (of freight train) have been damaged,” said Sangi.

Sangi further said they are suspecting a case of negligent driving as the diesel engine’s driver is alleged to have jumped a red signal.

Following the incident, the Ambala-Amritsar rail link was closed for several hours, which in turn led to delay and diversion of many trains plying along this trunk route.

History of Ambala 

The Ambala District has claims of being one of the Historical famous District of Haryana State . The District was explored during British period by A.C.Cunningham and C.Rodgers and later by B.B.Lal and many others.On the basis of various literary and archeological evidences it is possible to give an outline of culture and History of Ambala District.The earliest literacy reference to the region comprising the Ambala District in the Taittiriya Aranayaka which mentions Turghna as the bordering region towards the North of kurukshetra. This locality identified with Shrughna Sugh also finds mention in Panini (Ancient Indian Literature).It is surmised that Ambala District to have been founded by Amba Rajput during the 14th century AD. Another version is that the name is a corruption of Amba Wala or the mango-village judging from mango groves that existed in its immediate neighborhood. Still another version is that the District has  taken its name after goddess "Bhawani Amba" whose Temple still exist in Ambala city.