A train fell into a river killing at least 125 passengers after a bridge collapsed as a result of damages by torrential rain.

[1] Less than thee months later, a very similar disaster, the 1956 Ariyalur train accident in Tamil Nadu, became India's latest and most deadly disaster when another train fell into the Marudaiyaru River, killing over 150 passengers when a bridge collapsed after torrential rain.

[5] Shortly after the crash, a local resident cycled to Mahbubnagar, a route of 5 miles over muddy roads.

The Chief Minister of Hyderabad State Burgula Ramakrishna Rao went immediately to the scene of the accident.

[8] Due to the drainage basin below the creek and the amount of possible precipitation during the monsoon season, the advice was to build additional culverts under the railway line.