In Uttar Pradesh, 15 passengers were killed and over 100 injured when two trains collided near Mathura. A railway official told that the accident occurred on Wednesday early morning. Our correspondent reports that the Delhi bound Goa Express hit stationary Mewad Express from behind damaging one of the bogies badly. The injured passengers have been rushed to different hospitals and nursing homes for treatment.<br/><br/>Senior officers of Mathura administration and railways have reached on the spot and rescue and relief operation is going on. Train traffic on this route of Agra division of Northern Central Railway is disrupted.<br/><br/>The Railway Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has announced an ex-gratia of five lakh rupees for the next of the kin of those killed in the train mishap near Mathura.According to the Northern Railway spokesman,one lakh rupees each will be given to the seriously injured passengers while those with minor injuries will get ten thousand rupees.Ms Banerjee has also asked all the senior officals of concerned Zonal Railways for enhancing and monitoring of relief and rescue operations at the accident site.<br/><br/>The Railways has opened helpline numbers for any inquiry regarding the accident. The numbers are:<br/><br/>1800-180 6131 (Toll free)<br/><br/>Delhi: 011-24359798<br/><br/>Ajmer: 0145-2429642<br/><br/>Udaipur: 0294-2483979<br/><br/>Mathura: 0565-2402008<br/><br/>0565-2402009<br/><br/>Agra: 0562-2421-41