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Odisha tragedy Highlights: Driver error ruled out; those behind 'criminal' act identified, says railways
Odisha train accident highlights: The official toll in the devastating train accident has been pegged at 288 so far, with nearly 1,000 sustaining injuries.
Odisha train accident highlights: At least 288 people were killed and several hundreds injured after a three-train collision in Odisha's Balasore district, officials said Saturday. Horrific scenes at the crash site saw overturned bogies and smashed coaches with bloodstained debris. The incident involving the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train, is considered as one of the deadliest train tragedies in the country in over two decades....Read More
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On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the scene, talked to rescue workers and inspected the wreckage. He also met the survivors at hospitals. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced has ordered a high-level probe into the derailment.
‘Root cause of accident identified’: Railway minister
Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Sunday inspected the restoration work at the accident site in Balasore. “The root cause of this accident has been identified. PM Modi inspected the site yesterday. We will try to restore the track today. All bodies have been removed. Our target is to finish the restoration work by Wednesday morning so that trains can start running on this track,” he said.
Team of medical experts from AIIMS Delhi to visit accident site: Report
A team of medical experts from AIIMS Delhi is set to visit Odisha's train accident site along with medical equipment to provide treatment to more than 1,000 injured and 100 critical patients, reported ANI citing sources.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaches Bhubaneswar airport
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reached Bhubaneswar airport. He will be visiting AIIMS Bhubaneswar and Medical College in Cuttack to take stock of medical assistance being provided to the injured victims.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reaches Balasore
Former MoS Railways and Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reached the incident spot in Balasore. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge deputed Chowdhury & AICC In-Charge A Chella Kumar to visit the train crash site in Odisha to take stock of the situation.
10 ambulances from Andhra Pradesh at incident spot
Ten ambulances from Andhra Pradesh have reached Odisha to help shift the injured persons from one hospital to another.
Aerial view of the restoration work at Balasore
100 out of 160 100 unidentified bodies of passengers to be kept at AIIMS Bhubaneshwar
Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Geeta Singh informed that 100 out of the 160 unidentified bodies of passengers of the Odisha triple train accident will be kept in AIIMS Bhubaneshwar, reported ANI.
Over 1,000 people engaged in restoration work
According to the railway ministry, over 1,000 people are engaged in the restoration work after the tragic accident. Over seven Poclain Machines, two Accident Relief Trains, and three to four Railway and Road Cranes have also been deployed at the site.
‘Capsized bogies removed’: South Eastern Railway CPRO on restoration work
South Eastern Railway CPRO Aditya Kumar Chaudhary while speaking on the restoration work said that the capsized bogies along with two bogies of goods train have been removed. “Work of connecting track is going on from one side...will finish the work as soon as possible,” he told news agency ANI.
They brought my son’s photo, said he is dead: Kin of Odisha train accident victim
Far away from his home at Haripal in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, Ayan Das has been receiving every call from known and unknown numbers once he came to know about the railway disaster in Odisha.
In Kolkata, government officers monitoring the emergency helpline numbers said they received frantic calls from almost all districts. Read more
Aerial view of the restoration work at Balasore
Randeep Surjewala's 9 questions to PM Modi
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on a visit to the site of the horrific triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, on Saturday, posing a set of nine questions to him.
Traffic on damaged tracks to be restored soon
According to the Railways Ministry, the restoration work is ongoing on a war footing at the site of the horrific accident.
Chief public relations officer of South Eastern Railway Aditya Kumar Chowdhary told ANI that traffic on the damaged tracks will be restored soon.
All passengers who arrived in special train safe: TN health minister
All the passengers arrived are safe, seven have minor injuries, and two have been sent to a hospital for taking X-ray. We are continuously monitoring rescue ops and CM Stalin is also monitoring everything via control rooms: Ma. Subramanian, Tamil Nadu Health Minister
Ambulances make a beeline for AIIMS Bhubaneshwar
Ambulances arrive at AIIMS Bhubaneshwar carrying unidentified bodies of people who died in the devastating crash.
100 bodies will be kept in AIIMS Bhubaneshwar: Prateek Geeta Singh, DCP Bhubaneswar to ANI
'No one killed 288+ people': Politics over train crash intensifies
As opposition leaders demanded the resignation of rail minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the aftermath of the triple train crash - citing the example of Lal Bahadur Shashtri and Nitish Kumar - a fresh political row started over what caused the triple train collision. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said it would soon become 'an act of god' in a reference to an argument made in Gujarat's Morbi bridge collapse. Read here
Survivors of Balasore accident in Chennai receive medical assistance
A survivor recounts the deadly crash
"I'm an army personnel...it was hard to take people out of the train…I lost my documents, army ID card, phone, luggage etc...I'm glad that I survived...": Aneesh Kumar, one of the Balasore accident survivors who arrived at Chennai on Sunday speaks to ANI
US President Joe Biden condoles Odisha accident
US President Joe Biden on Saturday said he is ‘heartbroken by the tragic news' of a train crash in India that has killed nearly 300 people.
"The United States and India share deep bonds rooted in the ties of family and culture that unite our two nations — and people all across America mourn alongside the people of India. As the recovery effort continues, we will hold the people of India in our thoughts," Biden said in a statement.
Special Balasore train reaches Chennai
Some of the survivors of the triple train crash arrive at Chennai railway station on a special train from Odisha. According to officials, 700 passengers will be reaching Chennai via the special train. Of this, 293 passengers are from Tamil Nadu.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects the restoration work at Balasore
TN health minister at Chennai railway station
Health Minister Ma Subramanian and Disaster Minister KKSSR Ramachandran also reached Chennai railway station to receive passengers from Balasore arriving on a special train.
Preps in Chennai ahead of arrival of special Balasore train
"6 teams of multi-speciality doctors... more than 10 ambulances lined up…to receive 293 people involved in the Odisha accident who are coming on a special train...": Gagandeep Singh Bedi IAS, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Health department tells ANI
Police and commandos wait outside Chennai railway station to receive Coromandel Express passengers arriving on a special train
Special train from Balasore to arrive in Chennai
A special train from Balasore carrying about 700 passengers will reach MGR Central Railway Station in Chennai on Sunday, informed officials.
