Local citizens rushed to help pull survivors from the wreckage, which did not catch fire.
They were joined later in the day by soldiers armed with cutting equipment as well as police and medical personnel.
The railway authority authorised a payment of 100,000 rupees to the families of the dead, and other provisions for those less injured.
The cause of the crash was apparently the train's failure to stop at a signal warning the driver that there was an obstacle on the track ahead.
The manager of the rail line concerned, M. Z. Ansari provoked controversy, by declaring just a few hours after the crash that "Prima facie the accident appears to have been caused by human error on the part of the staff at B Cabin in Samlaya", which caused much anger amongst the local people aiding the rescue operations, particularly since Mr Ansari was not at the site, and could not have known the full details of what had caused the crash.