Odisha observe crash: Death toll revised to 275, confusion due to double counting, says Chief Secretary

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: The demise toll throughout the observe mishap on June 2 has been revised to 275 by the Odisha authorities. Announcing the revised demise toll, Chief Secretary PK Jena instructed media people that the confusion was on account of some our our bodies have been counted twice on the accident spot after which on the hospital as soon as extra. He talked about that after detailed verification and report by the district collector, the final word demise toll throughout the observe tragedy has been put at 275.

The Chief Secretary talked about out of the 1,175 injured passengers admitted to hospitals in Soro, Balasore, Bhadrak and Cuttack, 793 have been discharged whereas 382 are nonetheless beneath treatment. The treatment worth is being borne by the state authorities, he added.

So far, 88 our our bodies have been acknowledged and 78 have been handed over whereas 187 are however to be acknowledged. The Chief Secretary talked about 170 our our bodies have been shifted to quite a few hospitals in Bhubaneswar on Sunday and the identities of the victims could not be ascertained in Balasore district.

The our our bodies have been shifted to the mortuaries of Capital Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), SUM Hospital, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and AMRI. Photographs of the our our bodies have been uploaded on the net websites of the Special Relief Commissioner, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for identification capabilities, talked about Jena.

Death toll in #OdishaTrainTragedy scaled all the best way all the way down to 275 after verification.
Passengers injured 1175
Passengers current course of treatment 382@XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress@Siba_TNIE @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/HZb2ZYvCC7

— Hemant Kumar Rout (@TheHemantRout) June 4, 2023

Balasore Collector has started the strategy to shift one different 17 unidentified our our bodies to Bhubaneswar. “In case, some bodies cannot be identified, then a medico-legal process will be initiated. DNA or fingerprinting can be carried out to ascertain their identities,” he added. Help desks have moreover been prepare at entry components, Cuttack Railway Station, Cuttack Bus Stand, SCB Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Baramunda Bus Stand and Biju Patnaik International Airport, he talked about. He moreover added that a helpline amount 1929 has moreover been activated to render assist.

BMC has moreover organized MoBus to facilitate the journey of the family members/relations of the victims to the hospitals the place the our our bodies have been preserved.

BHUBANESWAR: The demise toll throughout the observe mishap on June 2 has been revised to 275 by the Odisha authorities. Announcing the revised demise toll, Chief Secretary PK Jena instructed media people that the confusion was on account of some our our bodies have been counted twice on the accident spot after which on the hospital as soon as extra. He talked about that after detailed verification and report by the district collector, the final word demise toll throughout the observe tragedy has been put at 275.

The Chief Secretary talked about out of the 1,175 injured passengers admitted to hospitals in Soro, Balasore, Bhadrak and Cuttack, 793 have been discharged whereas 382 are nonetheless beneath treatment. The treatment worth is being borne by the state authorities, he added.

So far, 88 our our bodies have been acknowledged and 78 have been handed over whereas 187 are however to be acknowledged. The Chief Secretary talked about 170 our our bodies have been shifted to quite a few hospitals in Bhubaneswar on Sunday and the identities of the victims could not be ascertained in Balasore district.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The our our bodies have been shifted to the mortuaries of Capital Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), SUM Hospital, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and AMRI. Photographs of the our our bodies have been uploaded on the net websites of the Special Relief Commissioner, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for identification capabilities, talked about Jena.

Death toll in #OdishaTrainTragedy scaled all the best way all the way down to 275 after verification.
Passengers injured 1175
Passengers current course of treatment 382@XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress@Siba_TNIE @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/HZb2ZYvCC7
— Hemant Kumar Rout (@TheHemantRout) June 4, 2023
Balasore Collector has started the strategy to shift one different 17 unidentified our our bodies to Bhubaneswar. “In case, some bodies cannot be identified, then a medico-legal process will be initiated. DNA or fingerprinting can be carried out to ascertain their identities,” he added. Help desks have moreover been prepare at entry components, Cuttack Railway Station, Cuttack Bus Stand, SCB Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Baramunda Bus Stand and Biju Patnaik International Airport, he talked about. He moreover added that a helpline amount 1929 has moreover been activated to render assist.

BMC has moreover organized MoBus to facilitate the journey of the family members/relations of the victims to the hospitals the place the our our bodies have been preserved.