Tag: Train Mishap

While Bahanaga residents are organising a memorial service in remembrance of the train tragedy victims, an artist in Odisha has paid tribute to the victims through his smoke art.

There were two trains-a goods train and a MEMU train-on the same track at a place between Jairam Nagar and Kotmi Sonar in Bilaspur of Chhatisgarh. The two trains were a few meters away.

The signatories include 14 former judges, 115 retired bureaucrats (11 ambassadors), 141 veterans.

At a time when an emergency situation had cropped up on Friday following the Bahanaga train mishap, the BJD leaders were getting ready to leave for Singapore for the Utkal Dibasa celebrations.

After the tragedy, the rescue team and local people retrieved passengers’ bodies from the mangled coaches and kept them at the classrooms and open hall of the school. 

The fire was spotted near the brake pads under the B3 coach of the train.

The statement from Shinde came when he visited the school premises which was used as a temporary morgue to store the bodies of victims of the triple train crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train at Bahanaga Bazar Station in the district.

A railway team headed by Khordha DRM has initiated the probe to find out how an engine-less train rolled down the tracks on its own. 

Around 12 Opposition parties including CPI (M), RJD, Samajwadi Party, Aap and others submitted a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister. The memorandum contains a 10-point charter of demands including a reduction in working hours of loco pilot and assistant loco pilots.

As per initial reports, the train did not have an engine and it was parked on the safety track.

According to the Congress, there have been several train accidents in the past and the truth has always been put forth before people. But why the present BJP government is trying to suppress it, questioned Congress.

While someone is looking for his/her son, another is searching the whereabouts of her husband. There are numerous tales of trauma being experienced by the family members that cannot be described in words.

Scores of others from different parts of the state are also continuing with a frantic search to trace their family members who are still missing.

According to sources, the central probe agency is likely to examine the call records, WhatsApp calls and social media usage of the staff during its investigation.

Notably, 288 people were killed in the triple train accident involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, which were carrying over 2,500 passengers, and a goods train laden with iron on Friday evening at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore.