Tag: Train Mishap

Sharing details about the availability of blood for the treatment of injured, Jena said, "There is no dearth of blood for treatment of injured persons. People across the state are voluntarily donating blood. Due to cooperation of all, there is no shortage of blood." 

According to sources, one Ezekiel Das of Berhampur along with his wife Sumita Das and son George Jaccob Das had boarded Coromandel Express on the fateful day. 

After reaching the accident spot, Railway Safety Commissioner Shailesh Kumar Pathak visited the station signal room, control room and interacted with the officials present there. 

State government sources said that in the updated death figure from the state the maximum, 31 has been reported from South 24 Parganas district.

Several wagons of a goods train carrying limestone reportedly derailed in Bargarh. There has been no casualty.

Mazumdar was thrown out of the train and landed around 200 metres away from the tracks following the collision. The Soro police rescued him in critical condition, 48 hours after the incident, sources informed.

A coal-laden goods train from Vizag port started its journey towards Rourkela Steel plant at around 10.40 pm yesterday. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw remained present at the spot during the resumption of the services.

Going to facilitate the stranded passengers, the East Coast Railway has decided to run three special trains between Puri and Howrah. 

What makes the identification of the bodies difficult is that most of them are disfigured beyond recognition.

How Coromandel switched tracks leading to a deadly mishap – Here’s a graphical representation video explaining the chilling moments.

The Centre along with the support of the state government are giving all support to the injured patients who are admitted to various hospitals in Balasore, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.

Member of Operation and Business Development, Railway Board, Jaya Varma Sinha said that preliminary findings suggest that there have been some issues with the signalling. A detailed report from the Commissioner of Railway Safety is awaited.

During her visit to the train mishap site in Balasore's Bahanaga, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was seen engaging in war of words with Union Railway Vaishnaw over the death toll in the accident.

“As some bodies were counted twice, at the spot and the hospital again, the death toll said then was not correct. Now, after detailed verification and report by the district Collector, the final death toll in the train tragedy is 275,” said Jena.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who arrived in Odisha today, visited Bhubaneswar AIIMS where the bodies of those killed in the train mishap have been preserved.BIB