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  • Balasore train mishap: Foreign doctors voluntarily treat injured

    Balasore train mishap: Foreign doctors voluntarily treat injured

    Balasore: A foreign doctor’s team has come all the way from London to treat people who got injured in the horrific Balasore train mishap.

    Many specialist doctors from foreign countries and states other than Odisha are coming as volunteers and providing medical services.

    Talking to the media, Dr. Keur Buch and Dr. Naiya Pathak said that, after listening about the deadly accident, both of them came from London to Balasore after Gujarat. They are providing medical assistance to injured people presently. They also informed that they are not affiliated with any political party or any other person.

    The accident has brought everyone together. On the day of the accident, residents of Balasore showed a great view of humanity. Hundreds of people reached Balasore District Headquarters Hospital to donate blood to the victims of the train mishap. The scene of the hospital was heart-warming as numerous people reached out to the hospitals and waited in the queue for hours so that they can help out the injured.

    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.

  • Balasore train mishap: 101 bodies yet to be identified

    Balasore train mishap: 101 bodies yet to be identified

    Bhubaneswar: There are still 101 bodies yet to be identified those who died in the horrific train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district.

    Speaking to the media, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner, Vijay Amrit Kulange said, “Of the total 193 bodies kept in Bhubaneswar, 80 bodies have been identified. 55 bodies have been handed over to the relatives. More than 200 calls have been received on BMC’s helpline number 1929. The dead bodies are being identified and handed over to the relatives.”

    On the other hand, the Divisional Railway Manager of the Eastern Central Railways Rinkesh Roy revealed that there must be a hidden conspiracy behind the accident.

    The train accident occurred due to a change in electronic interlocking. After interrogating the loco pilot and assistant loco pilot, it was revealed that they received a green signal. The railways have also demanded a CBI probe into the matter and said that strict action will be taken against whoever is involved in causing this mishap.

    It is to be noted here that the biggest train accident of the century which took place at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha on Friday claimed over 275 lives while over 1175 were injured in the mishap.