Seventeen more bodies were recovered from mangled coaches of the Karwar-Mumbai Holiday Special train raising the toll in Sunday's mishap to 51 even as rescue operations continued on Tuesday amidst a heavy downpour.
Sixty injured passengers have been admitted to various hospitals at Oros, Ratnagiri, Kankavli and Goa, Konkan Railway sources told PTI in Vaibhavwadi (Maharashtra).
About 150 army personnel were engaged in rescue operations, which have been hampered due to incessant rains, officials said.
Badly mangled coaches have been lifted with the help of cranes but the train's engine is still trapped under the debris.
Most passengers have been rescued and chances of finding more persons trapped inside are remote, the officials added.
Officials said it would take another 24 hours to clear the tracks.
The mishap occurred when the engine of the train hit a boulder that had fallen on the track from a hillock.
Under the impact, the engine derailed while four bogies telescoped over each other. Almost simultaneously, there was a landslide, authorities said.
This was the first major accident on the KR network.
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