Odisha prepare crash: Government demolishes college used as morgue
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By PTI
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha authorities on Friday started demolishing the 65-year-old Bahanaga High School constructing that was used as a brief morgue for victims who have been in Coromandel Express through the crash.
The demolition was being carried out in presence of the varsity managing committee (SMC) members and Public Works Department officers.
The determination to raze the constructing was taken after the SMC mentioned it was outdated and never secure and that children have been reluctant to attend lessons within the college the place our bodies have been saved.
Guardians had additionally demanded demolition of the constructing as pictures of our bodies being ferried to the varsity for identification by their households had been imprinted within the minds of kids.
Based on the SMC’s determination and request by guardians and locals, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a gathering with senior authorities officers together with the Chief Secretary and sanctioned reconstruction of the institute on Thursday.
He additionally accepted a proposal to make it a mannequin college with fashionable services similar to a library, science laboratory and digital lecture rooms.
During his go to to the establishment on Thursday, Balasore Collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde had mentioned the varsity managing committee wished the constructing to be demolished.
VIDEO | Bahanaga High School, which was was a makeshift morgue following the prepare crash incident in Odisha’s Balasore on June 2, is now being demolished. pic.twitter.com/ragmcklBNE
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 9, 2023
The district collector appealed to all to not unfold worry and superstition, suggesting that efforts ought to as a substitute be made to inculcate a scientific mood within the younger, impressionable minds.
School and Mass Education Department Secretary S Aswathy mentioned the authorities will organise counselling for college students and academics to take away worry from their minds.
Two days after the June 2 prepare accident, the state authorities shifted the our bodies from the varsity to totally different hospitals in Bhubaneswar.
While above 200 our bodies have up to now been recognized and handed over to their households, round 80 nonetheless stay unclaimed and unidentified at Bhubaneswar AIIMS morgue, officers mentioned.
The Coromandel Express had crashed right into a stationary items prepare, derailing most of its coaches on June 2.
A number of of these toppled over the previous few coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express which was passing by on the similar time.
In all, 288 individuals died within the accident and greater than 1,200 have been injured.
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha authorities on Friday started demolishing the 65-year-old Bahanaga High School constructing that was used as a brief morgue for victims who have been in Coromandel Express through the crash.
The demolition was being carried out in presence of the varsity managing committee (SMC) members and Public Works Department officers.
The determination to raze the constructing was taken after the SMC mentioned it was outdated and never secure and that children have been reluctant to attend lessons within the college the place our bodies have been saved.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Guardians had additionally demanded demolition of the constructing as pictures of our bodies being ferried to the varsity for identification by their households had been imprinted within the minds of kids.
Based on the SMC’s determination and request by guardians and locals, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a gathering with senior authorities officers together with the Chief Secretary and sanctioned reconstruction of the institute on Thursday.
He additionally accepted a proposal to make it a mannequin college with fashionable services similar to a library, science laboratory and digital lecture rooms.
During his go to to the establishment on Thursday, Balasore Collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde had mentioned the varsity managing committee wished the constructing to be demolished.
VIDEO | Bahanaga High School, which was was a makeshift morgue following the prepare crash incident in Odisha’s Balasore on June 2, is now being demolished. pic.twitter.com/ragmcklBNE
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 9, 2023
The district collector appealed to all to not unfold worry and superstition, suggesting that efforts ought to as a substitute be made to inculcate a scientific mood within the younger, impressionable minds.
School and Mass Education Department Secretary S Aswathy mentioned the authorities will organise counselling for college students and academics to take away worry from their minds.
Two days after the June 2 prepare accident, the state authorities shifted the our bodies from the varsity to totally different hospitals in Bhubaneswar.
While above 200 our bodies have up to now been recognized and handed over to their households, round 80 nonetheless stay unclaimed and unidentified at Bhubaneswar AIIMS morgue, officers mentioned.
The Coromandel Express had crashed right into a stationary items prepare, derailing most of its coaches on June 2.
A number of of these toppled over the previous few coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express which was passing by on the similar time.
In all, 288 individuals died within the accident and greater than 1,200 have been injured.
