Death toll rises to 233 in Odisha put together accident, CM proclaims sometime of state mourning
10 min readBy Express News Service
BALASORE: In certainly one of many worst railway disasters in India, a minimum of 233 of us have been killed and higher than 900 injured when three trains collided one after one different in a horrific sequence in Odisha’s Balasore district, setting off an infinite rescue and evacuation course of, officers acknowledged on Saturday.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared one-day state mourning on Saturday, saying no state celebrations will occur on the day.
Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena acknowledged the rescue operation stays to be persevering with in certainly one of many severely mangled coaches which crashed and fell on one different bogie.
Death toll rises to 233 inside the Balasore Train Accident. @CMO_Odisha @IPR_Odisha @RailMinIndia @SecyChief @SRC_Odisha
— Pradeep Jena IAS (@PradeepJenaIAS) June 3, 2023
Autopsies of the victims have started elsewhere. The victims who’ve been acknowledged and whose kin are present are being handed over the our our bodies. All efforts are being made to complete the postmortem of the victims rapidly, acknowledged Jena.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reached Bahanaga railway station the place the mishap occurred and acknowledged prime priority is on rescue and discount works. “Best possible healthcare will be provided to the injured passengers in Cuttack, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar or at the hospitals in Kolkata,” he acknowledged.
A extreme diploma committee will inquire to ascertain the inspiration set off behind the accident. The Commissioner of Railway Safety will even conduct an inquiry into the matter, acknowledged Vaishnaw.
The mishap occurred when 10 to 12 coaches of the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed inflicting them to fall onto the choice monitor. Subsequently, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express collided with the bogies of the Coromandel Express, ensuing within the derailment of three to 4 of its private coaches.
The put together crash occurred near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, spherical 7 pm on Friday, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe.
The inquiry into the put together accident shall be led by A M Chowdhary, Commissioner Railway Safety, South East Circle, the Indian Railways acknowledged in a press launch. The Commissioner Railway Safety comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Several coaches of the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, on the easiest way to Howrah, derailed and fell on adjoining tracks, an official acknowledged.
Bodies recovered from passenger trains lay on the monitor on the web site of an accident, in Balasore district, in Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Photo | AP)
“These derailed coaches collided with the 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and its coaches capsized too,” he acknowledged.
A objects put together was moreover involved inside the accident as among the many coaches of the Coromandel Express, which was heading to Chennai, hit its wagons after getting derailed, he added.
Gas cutters have been used to extricate the our our bodies from under the derailed coaches. “Some of the scenes at the site were too gory to describe,” acknowledged a passenger.
Railway tracks have been almost destroyed on the spot as mangled coaches lay strewn all through, with some having mounted on one different, whereas a few coaches turned turtle on account of affect.
Pijush Poddar, a resident of Berhampore in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, was travelling to Tamil Nadu inside the Coromandel Express to hitch work there when the accident occurred.
“We were jolted and suddenly saw the train bogie turn on one side. Many of us were thrown out of the compartment by the momentum of the derailment. When we managed to crawl out, we found bodies lying all around,” he acknowledged.
Officials in Bhubaneswar acknowledged 115 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile properly being fashions have been engaged on the accident web site, other than 1,200 personnel. The our our bodies have been being taken to the hospitals in each form of cars, along with tractors.
Locals acknowledged they heard consecutive loud sounds, following which they rushed to the spot and positioned the derailed coaches, which have been nothing nevertheless “a mangled heap of steel”.
Rescuers work on the web site of passenger trains accident, in Balasore district, in Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Photo | AP)
“The local people really went out on a limb to help us… They not only helped in pulling out people but retrieved our luggage and got us water,” Rupam Banerjee, certainly one of many passengers, knowledgeable reporters.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared one-day state mourning on Saturday inside the wake of the deadly triple put together crash.
State Special Relief Commissioner Satyabrata Sahoo acknowledged these injured inside the accident have been current course of treatment in quite a few hospitals.
All authorities and private hospitals have been positioned on alert inside the shut by districts, along with the AIIMS at Bhubaneswar.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was on the easiest way to the spot, acknowledged the Air Force was moreover referred to as in for aiding the rescue operations.
“Rushing to the site in Odisha. My prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured and condolences to the bereaved families. Rescue teams mobilised from Bhubaneswar and Kolkata. NDRF, State govt. teams and Airforce also mobilised. Will take all hands required for the rescue ops,” he tweeted.
More than 2,000 of us gathered on the Balasore Medical College and Hospital inside the night to help the injured, and plenty of moreover donated blood.
Chief Secretary Jena thanked the volunteers who donated blood to the accident victims of their hour of need.
“Five hundred units of blood collected overnight here at Balasore. Nine hundred units in stock at present. This will help in treating the accident victims. I’m personally indebted & grateful to all the volunteers who’ve donated blood for a noble cause,” Jena tweeted.
The railways launched an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh for these grievously injured and Rs 50,000 for a lot of who acquired minor accidents.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi too expressed his distress over the accident, and launched an additional ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured from the PM’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
“Distressed by the train accident in Odisha. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Spoke to Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance is being given to those affected,” he tweeted.
The Odisha authorities issued helpline 06782-262286. The railway helplines are 033-26382217 (Howrah), 8972073925 (Kharagpur), 8249591559 (Balasore) and 044- 25330952 (Chennai).
Expressing concern over the accident, via which quite a lot of of us from West Bengal have been involved, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee acknowledged she was monitoring the state of affairs along with the chief secretary and completely different officers.
West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi acknowledged the state was sending a crew led by minister Manas Bhunia and MP Dola Sen to the spot.
So far, 18 long-distance trains have been cancelled on account of accident, which occurred on the Howrah-Chennai main line inside the Kharagpur division of the South Eastern Railway.
(With inputs from PTI)
BALASORE: In certainly one of many worst railway disasters in India, a minimum of 233 of us have been killed and higher than 900 injured when three trains collided one after one different in a horrific sequence in Odisha’s Balasore district, setting off an infinite rescue and evacuation course of, officers acknowledged on Saturday.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared one-day state mourning on Saturday, saying no state celebrations will occur on the day.
Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena acknowledged the rescue operation stays to be persevering with in certainly one of many severely mangled coaches which crashed and fell on one different bogie.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Death toll rises to 233 inside the Balasore Train Accident. @CMO_Odisha @IPR_Odisha @RailMinIndia @SecyChief @SRC_Odisha
— Pradeep Jena IAS (@PradeepJenaIAS) June 3, 2023
Autopsies of the victims have started elsewhere. The victims who’ve been acknowledged and whose kin are present are being handed over the our our bodies. All efforts are being made to complete the postmortem of the victims rapidly, acknowledged Jena.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reached Bahanaga railway station the place the mishap occurred and acknowledged prime priority is on rescue and discount works. “Best possible healthcare will be provided to the injured passengers in Cuttack, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar or at the hospitals in Kolkata,” he acknowledged.
A extreme diploma committee will inquire to ascertain the inspiration set off behind the accident. The Commissioner of Railway Safety will even conduct an inquiry into the matter, acknowledged Vaishnaw.
The mishap occurred when 10 to 12 coaches of the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed inflicting them to fall onto the choice monitor. Subsequently, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express collided with the bogies of the Coromandel Express, ensuing within the derailment of three to 4 of its private coaches.
The put together crash occurred near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, spherical 7 pm on Friday, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe.
The inquiry into the put together accident shall be led by A M Chowdhary, Commissioner Railway Safety, South East Circle, the Indian Railways acknowledged in a press launch. The Commissioner Railway Safety comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Several coaches of the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, on the easiest way to Howrah, derailed and fell on adjoining tracks, an official acknowledged.
Bodies recovered from passenger trains lay on the monitor on the web site of an accident, in Balasore district, in Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Photo | AP)
“These derailed coaches collided with the 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and its coaches capsized too,” he acknowledged.
A objects put together was moreover involved inside the accident as among the many coaches of the Coromandel Express, which was heading to Chennai, hit its wagons after getting derailed, he added.
Gas cutters have been used to extricate the our our bodies from under the derailed coaches. “Some of the scenes at the site were too gory to describe,” acknowledged a passenger.
Railway tracks have been almost destroyed on the spot as mangled coaches lay strewn all through, with some having mounted on one different, whereas a few coaches turned turtle on account of affect.
Pijush Poddar, a resident of Berhampore in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, was travelling to Tamil Nadu inside the Coromandel Express to hitch work there when the accident occurred.
“We were jolted and suddenly saw the train bogie turn on one side. Many of us were thrown out of the compartment by the momentum of the derailment. When we managed to crawl out, we found bodies lying all around,” he acknowledged.
Officials in Bhubaneswar acknowledged 115 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile properly being fashions have been engaged on the accident web site, other than 1,200 personnel. The our our bodies have been being taken to the hospitals in each form of cars, along with tractors.
Locals acknowledged they heard consecutive loud sounds, following which they rushed to the spot and positioned the derailed coaches, which have been nothing nevertheless “a mangled heap of steel”.
Rescuers work on the web site of passenger trains accident, in Balasore district, in Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Photo | AP)
“The local people really went out on a limb to help us… They not only helped in pulling out people but retrieved our luggage and got us water,” Rupam Banerjee, certainly one of many passengers, knowledgeable reporters.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared one-day state mourning on Saturday inside the wake of the deadly triple put together crash.
State Special Relief Commissioner Satyabrata Sahoo acknowledged these injured inside the accident have been current course of treatment in quite a few hospitals.
All authorities and private hospitals have been positioned on alert inside the shut by districts, along with the AIIMS at Bhubaneswar.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was on the easiest way to the spot, acknowledged the Air Force was moreover referred to as in for aiding the rescue operations.
“Rushing to the site in Odisha. My prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured and condolences to the bereaved families. Rescue teams mobilised from Bhubaneswar and Kolkata. NDRF, State govt. teams and Airforce also mobilised. Will take all hands required for the rescue ops,” he tweeted.
More than 2,000 of us gathered on the Balasore Medical College and Hospital inside the night to help the injured, and plenty of moreover donated blood.
Chief Secretary Jena thanked the volunteers who donated blood to the accident victims of their hour of need.
“Five hundred units of blood collected overnight here at Balasore. Nine hundred units in stock at present. This will help in treating the accident victims. I’m personally indebted & grateful to all the volunteers who’ve donated blood for a noble cause,” Jena tweeted.
The railways launched an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh for these grievously injured and Rs 50,000 for a lot of who acquired minor accidents.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi too expressed his distress over the accident, and launched an additional ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured from the PM’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
“Distressed by the train accident in Odisha. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Spoke to Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance is being given to those affected,” he tweeted.
The Odisha authorities issued helpline 06782-262286. The railway helplines are 033-26382217 (Howrah), 8972073925 (Kharagpur), 8249591559 (Balasore) and 044- 25330952 (Chennai).
Expressing concern over the accident, via which quite a lot of of us from West Bengal have been involved, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee acknowledged she was monitoring the state of affairs along with the chief secretary and completely different officers.
West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi acknowledged the state was sending a crew led by minister Manas Bhunia and MP Dola Sen to the spot.
So far, 18 long-distance trains have been cancelled on account of accident, which occurred on the Howrah-Chennai main line inside the Kharagpur division of the South Eastern Railway.
(With inputs from PTI)
