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  • Balasore train accident: CRS submits report to Railway Board

    Balasore train accident: CRS submits report to Railway Board

    New Delhi: The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS), probing the triple-train accident in Balasore, has submitted its report to the Railway Board, sources said on Thursday.

    The contents of the report could not be immediately ascertained. Senior Railway Board officials refused to comment on the report’s findings.

    On June 2, three trains collided in Balasore district, claiming more than 290 lives and injuring over 1,000 people. The Coromandel Express entered the passing loop instead of the main line near Bahanaga Bazar railway station at full speed and collided with a stationary goods train.

    Apart from a CRS probe, the CBI is also investigating the tragic incident. Since the accident, the Railways has transferred several top officials of the South Eastern Railway under whose jurisdiction the tragedy occurred.

    Initial probe had suggested a signalling interference, either by negligence or by intent as the probable cause of the accident.

  • Balasore train accident: None of the Bahanaga staff is missing, everyone is cooperating with probe

    Balasore train accident: None of the Bahanaga staff is missing, everyone is cooperating with probe

    Bhubaneswar: Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the South Eastern Railway on Tuesday clarified that none of the Bahanaga railway station staff is missing and everyone is cooperating with probe for the triple train accident that occurred on June 2.

    In a video message, Chaudhary said, “A few media reports are coming in that a Bahanaga staff is absconding and missing. This is factually incorrect. The entire staff is present & a part of inquiry. They are appearing before agency.”

    The CPRO’s clarification came after some media houses reported that a Junior Engineer (JE) is absconding and is not cooperating with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for investigation.

    The CBI yesterday sealed the house of one Amir Khan, who is working as the signal JE under the Soro section. Today, a six-member probe team reached the house at around 10 AM along with Khan and conducted a search for around six years.

    Sources said that the investigating agency is said to have seized several vital documents from the rented house of the signal JE, whom they took along with them while leaving his house.

    Notably, a total of 291 people died till date and over 900 passengers were injured following the accident near Bahanaga railway station.

  • Balasore train accident: CBI takes signal JE to his rented house & begin interrogation

    Balasore train accident: CBI takes signal JE to his rented house & begin interrogation

    Balasore: The officials of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took signal JE to his rented house at Soro and begin interrogation in connection to deadly Balasore train accident.

    Earlier, CBI sealed the rented house of the signal JE, who has been identified as Amir Khan.

    However, the CBI team had questioned him at an undisclosed location. The CBI team had left Balasore on June 16 after conducting on spot investigating. But, it returned again today and sealed Khan’s rented house.

    It is to be noted here that 292 people were killed while over 1,100 others were injured following a triple train mishap at Bahanaga railway station in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2. The three trains which were involved in the accident are the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, and a goods train

  • Balasore train accident: CBI seizes hard disk from relay room

    Balasore train accident: CBI seizes hard disk from relay room

    Balasore: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized a hard disk from the relay room of Bahanaga Bazaar railway station. The hard disk is believed to be a shred of big evidence of the reason behind the horrific train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district.

    The hard disk contains the time when the green signal was given to the train, what the track status was then and many other information related to the accident, said reliable reports.

    CBI has taken over the investigation of the case from the GRP, which had already filed the case. Some members of Central Forensics are involved in the investigation team along with the CBI. After registering the case, a 10-member CBI team reached the accident site and conducted an investigation. They inspected the north, and south cabin, signal room, and operating system, and recorded data of Bazar Station. The investigation team also interrogated the station master and other railway employees.

    CBI is probing for the cause of the Bahanaga train accident. CBI is also looking at whether it is a human-made error or mechanical error or if is there a bigger conspiracy behind the triple train tragedy. The Central Investigation Agency will conduct a thorough investigation in this regard.

    It is to be noted here that 275 people were killed while over 1,100 others were injured following a triple train mishap at Bahanaga railway station in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2. The three trains which were involved in the accident are the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, and a goods train.

  • CBI starts investigation of Balasore train accident

    CBI starts investigation of Balasore train accident

    New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday started its investigation into alleged criminal negligence leading to the Balasore train accident which claimed 278 lives after registering an FIR, officials said. A team of CBI officials, along with forensic experts, which had reached Balasore district on Monday, started the probe immediately after the registration of the FIR at 2.15 PM on Tuesday, they said.

    The registration of an FIR is the starting point of the CBI investigation because the agency cannot collect any document or material, question witnesses, record statement or conduct searches without it, they said. The central probe agency was roped in by the Ministry of Railways after a preliminary inquiry flagged tampering with the electronic interlocking system, which detects the presence of trains, and officials suspected “sabotage” behind the Friday accident.

    “The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case on the request of Ministry of Railways, consent of the Odisha government and further orders from DoPT (Govt. of India) relating to the train accident involving Coromandel Express, Yashwantpur-Howrah Express and a goods train at Bahanaga Bazar in the state of Odisha on 2nd June,” the CBI spokesperson said.

    The agency, which has little expertise in dealing with the functioning of railways, may need the help of rail security and forensic experts to get to the bottom of the case, the officials said.

  • CBI probe into Balasore train accident just an attempt to grab headlines: Jairam Ramesh

    CBI probe into Balasore train accident just an attempt to grab headlines: Jairam Ramesh

    New Delhi (IANS) | The Congress on Tuesday once again criticized the Central government for recommending a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Balasore train accident in Odisha, terming it as nothing more than an attempt to stay in the limelight. Hitting out at the government, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the CBI probe has been announced even before the Commissioner of Railway Safety has submitted its report on the Balasore train accident. This is nothing but an attempt to stay in the limelight.

    On November 20, 2016, the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Kanpur, he said, citing the government’s decision to hand over the probe into the Patna-Indore Express train accident, in which 150 people were killed, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). More than 150 people lost their lives. On January 23, 2017, the then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu wrote a letter to the Union Home Minister demanding an NIA probe into the accident. On February 24, 2017, Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) in Kanpur says train accident is a conspiracy. On October 21, 2018, newspapers reported that the NIA would not file a charge sheet in the train derailment case. Till date there is no official news on the final report of NIA.

    Significantly, the government is under fire from the opposition, including the Congress, for recommending a CBI probe into the Balasore train accident that killed 275 passengers.

    On Monday, government sources indicated that from the preliminary probe it appears to be a case of deliberate interference in the system, hence a probe by a professional agency like the CBI is required.

    Speaking to the media on Sunday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the Railway Board has recommended a CBI inquiry into Friday’s horrific accident.

    Vaishnav also said that the accident occurred due to a change in the electronic interlocking.

    A lot of information has come to the fore during the probe, the source said. Various types of information have been made available, for this a professional investigative agency is needed.

    Unless there is a deliberate interference in the system, it is impossible to convert the route earmarked for the main line into a loop line, the source said.

    The Congress is demanding Vaishnav’s resignation for the horrific train accident near Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha.

    –IANS

  • Balasore train accident: Driver was conscious & confirmed that he got green signal, says Rail Board

    Balasore train accident: Driver was conscious & confirmed that he got green signal, says Rail Board

    Balasore: In a major development, the Rail Board Member Jaya Varma Singa has revealed that the driver of the ill-fated Coromandel Express was conscious after the crash and was in a condition to confirm that he got a green signal.

    Speaking to ANI, Jaya Varma Sinha, a member of Operation and Business Development, Railway Board, informed that she spoke to the driver of the ill-fated trains. The drivers confirmed that they moved the trains after getting a green signal.

    “I have seen rumors being spread about overriding of signals and speed. But, these are just rumors. Both the drivers said they moved the train after getting a green signal and were moving at a speed of 128 km per hour,” she said.

    Further, the senior rail official added that the route where the accident occurred is a “high-speed” zone where the drivers are prescribed to run at a speed of a maximum of 130 kmph.

    “As per the speedometer,– a gauge that measures and displays the instantaneous speed of a vehicle– both the trains were running at a speed of 128 kmph,” noted Sinha.

    “Safety is the top priority for Railways. We are making sure that the evidence does not get tampered ad that any witness does not get affected,” said Sinha. “Only one train was involved in the accident, it was the Coromandel Express. The Coromandel Express crashed with the goods train and its coaches went on top of the goods train. It was an iron ore-laden train, a heavy train, therefore the entire impact of the collision was on the train,” she said.

  • Testing of railway track underway at Balasore train accident site

    Testing of railway track underway at Balasore train accident site

    Balasore. Railway track trial underway at the site of Balasore train accident as restoration work is underway

    As per Railway Board, at least two railway lines are expected to be operational by 8pm today.

  • Mamta Banerjee took press conference regarding Balasore accident

    Mamta Banerjee took press conference regarding Balasore accident

    West Bengal. Those who have survived the Balasore accident and have returned to their homes but are in trauma, the state government will give Rs 10,000 and Rs 2,000 per family and relief material for the next three months.
I got a message in which there was a big list that how many people were killed during the time of Nitish, Lalu and me? Have these people ever thought how much I modernized the railways during my time. All the information is wrong... I ask how many people were killed in Godhra?
We have worked very hard. We made all the metro trains in our time. Who formed the Mumbai Railway Development Corporation? I made it in my time. Had I not been there, the Delhi Metro would not have started at all.
Why was the railway minister silent yesterday when I mentioned about the anti-collision thing? Two types of statements are coming, there is something black in the lentils. I want the truth to come out. I don't want Railway Minister's resignation: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Kolkata
  • Death toll in Balasore train accident is 275 & not 288, clarifies Odisha Chief Secy

    Death toll in Balasore train accident is 275 & not 288, clarifies Odisha Chief Secy

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena has confirmed that the final death toll of the Coromandel train accident is 275, and not 288. Chief Secy informed that some of the dead bodies were counted twice.

    Out of the total 275 bodies, 78 bodies have already been identified and dispatched to their hometown. 10 bodies have been identified and soon will be shifted. Identification of the rest 187 dead bodies is underway.

    The government has also a helpline number- 18003450061 for the kin of the dead bodies, who are coming for identification.

    According to BMC commissioner Vijay Amruta Kulange, 170 bodies have been kept in different hospitals of Bhubaneswar and the helpline number has been issued to facilitate family/friends/relatives of deceased people and people stranded in the tragic train accident.

    The helpline number is 1929. People can make phone calls round the clock or visit the BMC-ICOMC tower in the Satya Nagar area of Bhubaneswar to get information about deceased persons.

    Besides, people can contact the following people for more details:

    Rajesh Pradhan: 6370946287
    Asish Patra:7978095293
    Debasish Mishra:6370585221
    Deepak Kumar Rout: 8249217415
    Sandeep Moharana: 8847822559
    Supervisor: Jayprakash Mohanty 9853394834 (BSCL)