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  • Odisha prepare crash: Government demolishes college used as morgue

    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    The determination to raze the constructing was taken after the SMC mentioned it was outdated and never secure and that children have been reluctant to attend lessons within the college the place our bodies have been saved.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.

  • Odisha prepare crash: Nightmares, olfactory hallucination hang-out rescuers as PTSD units in

    Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: After dealing with one of many deadliest prepare crashes in India, rescuers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), specialised in catastrophe administration, are experiencing nightmares and olfactory hallucination as they now cope with post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD).

    A catastrophe that concerned a excessive variety of casualties, the highly-trained rescue personnel have been affected by the visceral nature of loss of life they witnessed on the crash web site at Bahanaga railway station after the June 2 mishap. A complete of 9 NDRF groups consisting of greater than 300 personnel had been engaged in one of the crucial troublesome operations which lasted for about 48 hours.

    Once the gruelling operation was over, NDRF third Battalion requested the Mental Health Institute of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack to ship consultants to conduct counselling of personnel who had been deployed at Bahanaga. A 3-member crew led by Mental Health Institute’s medical psychologist Dr Prasanta Kumar Sethi supplied counselling to the rescuers in Mundali on Tuesday between 10 am and 5 pm.

    “We carried out a severity assessment of the rescuers to ascertain their PTSD. Some of the rescuers complained of witnessing nightmares, while others revealed that they were experiencing flash images of the screaming passengers and the blood-stained bodies of the victims,” stated Dr Sethi.

    Some rescuers confronted olfactory hallucination, which makes one detect smells which might be actually not there within the setting. Just a few others revealed they weren’t capable of sleep through the night time. The NDRF was among the many companies which carried out rescue and search operations at Bahanaga railway station. Its Balasore unit acquired details about the accident at about 7.30 pm. The crew moved at 7.50 pm and reached the accident web site 40 minutes later at 8.30 pm.

    “We were expecting two to three bogies to have derailed. What we saw was a disaster we were not really anticipating,” recounted an NDRF rescuer. Director General of NDRF Atul Karwal shared the plight of the rescuers and the affect of the incident on their psychological well being. He described how one of many rescuers hallucinated that he was seeing blood whereas one other misplaced his urge for food as they witnessed deaths and victims affected by excruciating ache.

    The consultants have suggested rescuers to interact in respiration workout routines, think about the views they’re keen on and supplied them suggestions associated to sleep hygiene. The rescuers are anticipated to get again in form inside two weeks, stated Dr Sethi.

    ALSO READ | Odisha prepare crash: Bahanaga college that grew to become a brief morgue set to be demolished

    “As per the standard procedure, a counselling session is organised for the personnel engaged in strenuous operations. About 250 personnel engaged in the Bahanaga rescue operation attended the day-long counselling session in Mundali. The personnel posted in Balasore attended it via video-conferencing,” stated an NDRF officer.

    The first crew of NDRF to achieve Bahanaga from Balasore had 30 to 35 members and contemplating the gravity of the mishap they realised their numbers had been merely not sufficient to hold out search and rescue operations of this magnitude. Soon extra groups from NDRF third Battalion in Mundali and a squad from Kolkata headed for Bahanaga.

    ALSO READ | Odisha prepare crash: CBI collects cellphones of officers

    NDRF, which had carried out about 55 mock drills with the railways in Chhattisgarh and Odisha final yr, stated it was one of many troublesome operations because the accident claimed 288 lives and injured over 1,100. 

    BHUBANESWAR: After dealing with one of many deadliest prepare crashes in India, rescuers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), specialised in catastrophe administration, are experiencing nightmares and olfactory hallucination as they now cope with post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD).

    A catastrophe that concerned a excessive variety of casualties, the highly-trained rescue personnel have been affected by the visceral nature of loss of life they witnessed on the crash web site at Bahanaga railway station after the June 2 mishap. A complete of 9 NDRF groups consisting of greater than 300 personnel had been engaged in one of the crucial troublesome operations which lasted for about 48 hours.

    Once the gruelling operation was over, NDRF third Battalion requested the Mental Health Institute of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack to ship consultants to conduct counselling of personnel who had been deployed at Bahanaga. A 3-member crew led by Mental Health Institute’s medical psychologist Dr Prasanta Kumar Sethi supplied counselling to the rescuers in Mundali on Tuesday between 10 am and 5 pm.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “We carried out a severity assessment of the rescuers to ascertain their PTSD. Some of the rescuers complained of witnessing nightmares, while others revealed that they were experiencing flash images of the screaming passengers and the blood-stained bodies of the victims,” stated Dr Sethi.

    Some rescuers confronted olfactory hallucination, which makes one detect smells which might be actually not there within the setting. Just a few others revealed they weren’t capable of sleep through the night time. The NDRF was among the many companies which carried out rescue and search operations at Bahanaga railway station. Its Balasore unit acquired details about the accident at about 7.30 pm. The crew moved at 7.50 pm and reached the accident web site 40 minutes later at 8.30 pm.

    “We were expecting two to three bogies to have derailed. What we saw was a disaster we were not really anticipating,” recounted an NDRF rescuer. Director General of NDRF Atul Karwal shared the plight of the rescuers and the affect of the incident on their psychological well being. He described how one of many rescuers hallucinated that he was seeing blood whereas one other misplaced his urge for food as they witnessed deaths and victims affected by excruciating ache.

    The consultants have suggested rescuers to interact in respiration workout routines, think about the views they’re keen on and supplied them suggestions associated to sleep hygiene. The rescuers are anticipated to get again in form inside two weeks, stated Dr Sethi.

    ALSO READ | Odisha prepare crash: Bahanaga college that grew to become a brief morgue set to be demolished

    “As per the standard procedure, a counselling session is organised for the personnel engaged in strenuous operations. About 250 personnel engaged in the Bahanaga rescue operation attended the day-long counselling session in Mundali. The personnel posted in Balasore attended it via video-conferencing,” stated an NDRF officer.

    The first crew of NDRF to achieve Bahanaga from Balasore had 30 to 35 members and contemplating the gravity of the mishap they realised their numbers had been merely not sufficient to hold out search and rescue operations of this magnitude. Soon extra groups from NDRF third Battalion in Mundali and a squad from Kolkata headed for Bahanaga.

    ALSO READ | Odisha prepare crash: CBI collects cellphones of officers

    NDRF, which had carried out about 55 mock drills with the railways in Chhattisgarh and Odisha final yr, stated it was one of many troublesome operations because the accident claimed 288 lives and injured over 1,100. 

  • BJP destroyed railways by stopping apply of separate finances: Mamata

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked the BJP-led central authorities by claiming that Indian Railways was destroyed the day the apply of presenting a separate Railway Budget was stopped.

    The Narendra Modi authorities merged Railway Budget with the Union Budget in 2017, ending a apply of about 100 years.

    “When I was the Railway Minister, we had the option of having six secretaries of Cabinet rank for various railway departments – finance, employee welfare, signalling, engineering and electrical. They helped in coordination among different departments. Today, this coordination has gone,” she stated.

    “Indian Railways was destroyed the day we stopped presenting the Budget separately. No one seems to care about these things these days,” Banerjee instructed reporters.

    The TMC supremo’s assertion got here within the aftermath of the June 2 triple practice accident in Odisha that left 288 individuals, together with residents of West Bengal, lifeless. Banerjee additionally slammed the BJP authorities on the Centre alleging that it was busy suppressing the reality behind the practice crash.

    “I have said this earlier too, and I will repeat it again. All we want is the truth about the cause of the accident must come out. However, we have seen how truth has been manipulated, and fake stories are pushed to suppress the real cause of the accident,” she stated.

    Referring to the unrest in Manipur, Banerjee claimed that the Centre was not permitting anyone together with the journalists to go to the northeastern state in order that it might suppress the reality.

    “We have seen how the central government tries to suppress news about Manipur. Journalists aren’t allowed to travel there and report freely. Hence, when I say that this government hides facts, it is true. The countrymen will give their reply to the government, I am waiting for that day,” she stated.

    On reviews that the Union Ministry of Labour & Employment, writing to the state alleging that it has diverted the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board’s funds to pay compensation to the victims of the triple practice accident, Banerjee stated she has used cash from the Disaster Management division.

    “What is more important to me is providing aid to the people. I don’t see which department the money comes from. Instead of focusing on where I got the money from, they should go do something positive. All funds belong to the state government,” she said.

    The BJP is a celebration of liars who create false narratives, Banerjee asserted. “They (BJP) should be ashamed of themselves for remaining silent over the atrocities taking place in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh,” she added.

    Alleging that the central authorities has halted sending funds to West Bengal for quite a few initiatives and schemes, she stated she is assured that these points can be resolved as soon as a brand new authorities is put in in New Delhi after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked the BJP-led central authorities by claiming that Indian Railways was destroyed the day the apply of presenting a separate Railway Budget was stopped.

    The Narendra Modi authorities merged Railway Budget with the Union Budget in 2017, ending a apply of about 100 years.

    “When I was the Railway Minister, we had the option of having six secretaries of Cabinet rank for various railway departments – finance, employee welfare, signalling, engineering and electrical. They helped in coordination among different departments. Today, this coordination has gone,” she stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “Indian Railways was destroyed the day we stopped presenting the Budget separately. No one seems to care about these things these days,” Banerjee instructed reporters.

    The TMC supremo’s assertion got here within the aftermath of the June 2 triple practice accident in Odisha that left 288 individuals, together with residents of West Bengal, lifeless. Banerjee additionally slammed the BJP authorities on the Centre alleging that it was busy suppressing the reality behind the practice crash.

    “I have said this earlier too, and I will repeat it again. All we want is the truth about the cause of the accident must come out. However, we have seen how truth has been manipulated, and fake stories are pushed to suppress the real cause of the accident,” she stated.

    Referring to the unrest in Manipur, Banerjee claimed that the Centre was not permitting anyone together with the journalists to go to the northeastern state in order that it might suppress the reality.

    “We have seen how the central government tries to suppress news about Manipur. Journalists aren’t allowed to travel there and report freely. Hence, when I say that this government hides facts, it is true. The countrymen will give their reply to the government, I am waiting for that day,” she stated.

    On reviews that the Union Ministry of Labour & Employment, writing to the state alleging that it has diverted the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board’s funds to pay compensation to the victims of the triple practice accident, Banerjee stated she has used cash from the Disaster Management division.

    “What is more important to me is providing aid to the people. I don’t see which department the money comes from. Instead of focusing on where I got the money from, they should go do something positive. All funds belong to the state government,” she said.

    The BJP is a celebration of liars who create false narratives, Banerjee asserted. “They (BJP) should be ashamed of themselves for remaining silent over the atrocities taking place in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh,” she added.

    Alleging that the central authorities has halted sending funds to West Bengal for quite a few initiatives and schemes, she stated she is assured that these points can be resolved as soon as a brand new authorities is put in in New Delhi after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

  • Odisha practice crash: State govt consults neighbours as 82 our bodies stay unidentified

    By PTI

    BHUBANESWAR: With as many as 82 our bodies of victims of the Balasore practice crash which occurred practically per week in the past remaining, the Odisha authorities Thursday held discussions with the officers from West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand looking for assist in early identification and disposal of the human stays preserved right here.

    Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Vijay Amruta Kulange stated, “We are also coordinating with other state government officials to verify the claimants and speed up the identification process.”

    Kulange additionally stated that the BMC is coordinating between Railways and AIIMS Bhubaneswar. He stated the officers of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been requested to assist expedite physique identification.

    “A control room has been set up to assist relatives of the victims. Food and lodging facilities are also being provided to people coming to receive bodies,” he added.

    AIIMS Bhubaneswar stated out of the 162 our bodies stored on the institute, 80 our bodies have been handed over to the households of deceased individuals whereas 82 others stay unidentified.

    What has come as an issue is that some our bodies are being claimed by a number of households. Therefore, DNA sampling is the one scientific course of left for dealing with over the our bodies.

    “We have collected about 50 DNA samples. In the first batch, 29 samples were sent to AIIMS Delhi and its test reports are expected within two more days. Once the DNA report reaches her, we can give some of these bodies to their rightful family,” an official of AIIMS Bhubaneswar stated.

    BMC Mayor Sulochana Das stated, “The bodies are preserved at below minus 18 degrees Centigrade in containers and there is no fear of further decay.” 

    Meanwhile, Srikand Dey, a resident of Kuchvihar in West Bengal, alleged that his son’s physique numbed 14 among the many lifeless our bodies, has been handed over to a household in Bihar.

    “The officials told me to undergo DNA testing and I have done so. But, before the DNA report came, the body has been handed over to some other,” he alleged.

    BHUBANESWAR: With as many as 82 our bodies of victims of the Balasore practice crash which occurred practically per week in the past remaining, the Odisha authorities Thursday held discussions with the officers from West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand looking for assist in early identification and disposal of the human stays preserved right here.

    Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Vijay Amruta Kulange stated, “We are also coordinating with other state government officials to verify the claimants and speed up the identification process.”

    Kulange additionally stated that the BMC is coordinating between Railways and AIIMS Bhubaneswar. He stated the officers of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been requested to assist expedite physique identification.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “A control room has been set up to assist relatives of the victims. Food and lodging facilities are also being provided to people coming to receive bodies,” he added.

    AIIMS Bhubaneswar stated out of the 162 our bodies stored on the institute, 80 our bodies have been handed over to the households of deceased individuals whereas 82 others stay unidentified.

    What has come as an issue is that some our bodies are being claimed by a number of households. Therefore, DNA sampling is the one scientific course of left for dealing with over the our bodies.

    “We have collected about 50 DNA samples. In the first batch, 29 samples were sent to AIIMS Delhi and its test reports are expected within two more days. Once the DNA report reaches her, we can give some of these bodies to their rightful family,” an official of AIIMS Bhubaneswar stated.

    BMC Mayor Sulochana Das stated, “The bodies are preserved at below minus 18 degrees Centigrade in containers and there is no fear of further decay.” 

    Meanwhile, Srikand Dey, a resident of Kuchvihar in West Bengal, alleged that his son’s physique numbed 14 among the many lifeless our bodies, has been handed over to a household in Bihar.

    “The officials told me to undergo DNA testing and I have done so. But, before the DNA report came, the body has been handed over to some other,” he alleged.

  • Odisha prepare crash: Bengal Teens shared identify and tragic destiny

    Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: They have been of their early 20s and the perfect buddies of their village. They even shared the identical name-  Suman Roy. But little did they know they’d meet the identical destiny and go away for the heavenly abode the identical day. The two younger males from West Bengal’s Arazi Lalchandpur village bordering Bangladesh have been amongst 288 individuals who misplaced their lives within the tragic prepare crash at Bahanaga.

    The youth have been amongst 5 migrant labourers from their village heading for Chennai to work at a development website. While the physique of 1 Suman has already been recognized and dispatched to his native place, the kinfolk of the opposite has arrived at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar to establish the physique. Three others, who have been injured, have been discharged from hospitals.

    “We have already identified the body from the photographs displayed near the help desk. But we are unable to find it as the number on the photo and the token number provided to us to receive the body from the stored container is not matching. We are verifying it again with the records available,” mentioned Suman’s brother Jeet Kumar Roy.

    “The two friends had boarded the train from Howrah. This was their first journey as migrant labourers to the South Indian city. As some labourers from our village, already working in Chennai, had assured their work, they sounded happy as they were going to earn for the first time. Everything is shattered now,” mentioned Jeet.

    Arazi Lalchandpur village in Dakshin Dinajpur district has a inhabitants of round 800 and greater than 200 amongst of them work as migrant labourers in several cities throughout the nation. Like the 2 Sumans, a number of migrant labourers from West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha who had boarded the overall compartment of the Coromandel Express have been killed within the prepare crash.

    ALSO READ | Odisha prepare crash: Report on father discovering son alive in morgue ‘fake’

    “Suman was the only bread earner of the family. He was working as a daily wager back home and as his earning was insufficient to manage the family, he decided to move to Chennai for better income. He is survived by his parents and two other younger siblings. How will they survive,” requested Pradut Roy, his cousin. 

    BHUBANESWAR: They have been of their early 20s and the perfect buddies of their village. They even shared the identical name-  Suman Roy. But little did they know they’d meet the identical destiny and go away for the heavenly abode the identical day. The two younger males from West Bengal’s Arazi Lalchandpur village bordering Bangladesh have been amongst 288 individuals who misplaced their lives within the tragic prepare crash at Bahanaga.

    The youth have been amongst 5 migrant labourers from their village heading for Chennai to work at a development website. While the physique of 1 Suman has already been recognized and dispatched to his native place, the kinfolk of the opposite has arrived at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar to establish the physique. Three others, who have been injured, have been discharged from hospitals.

    “We have already identified the body from the photographs displayed near the help desk. But we are unable to find it as the number on the photo and the token number provided to us to receive the body from the stored container is not matching. We are verifying it again with the records available,” mentioned Suman’s brother Jeet Kumar Roy.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “The two friends had boarded the train from Howrah. This was their first journey as migrant labourers to the South Indian city. As some labourers from our village, already working in Chennai, had assured their work, they sounded happy as they were going to earn for the first time. Everything is shattered now,” mentioned Jeet.

    Arazi Lalchandpur village in Dakshin Dinajpur district has a inhabitants of round 800 and greater than 200 amongst of them work as migrant labourers in several cities throughout the nation. Like the 2 Sumans, a number of migrant labourers from West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha who had boarded the overall compartment of the Coromandel Express have been killed within the prepare crash.

    ALSO READ | Odisha prepare crash: Report on father discovering son alive in morgue ‘fake’

    “Suman was the only bread earner of the family. He was working as a daily wager back home and as his earning was insufficient to manage the family, he decided to move to Chennai for better income. He is survived by his parents and two other younger siblings. How will they survive,” requested Pradut Roy, his cousin. 

  • Odisha practice crash: Congress seeks FIR towards PM Modi, Railway Minister for negligence

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP-led Centre of dereliction of responsibility of Himalayan proportions within the Balasore practice tragedy and mentioned an FIR ought to be lodged by the CBI towards Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for negligence.

    At a press convention right here, Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar alleged that there was a conspiracy on the a part of the railway minister that prompted the loss of life of 288 individuals and accidents to greater than 1,000 within the crash in Odisha’s Balasore, involving three trains.

    He additionally accused the railway minister of doing “theatrics” after the horrific accident and mentioned he ought to be given an Oscar award for it.

    “It was sabotage done by the rail minister as part of a conspiracy with the prime minister for which an FIR should be registered against them,” Kumar mentioned.

    “The conspiracy that the CBI should investigate is against Ashwini Vaishnaw and his government,” he added.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on Twitter: “The 288 families of the Odisha train tragedy will not get justice by hailing the Railway Minister. Justice will be served only when their accountability and responsibility is fixed.”

    “The facts show that in the last 9 years, the Modi government has given up on the Ministry of Railways. And now the country is suffering because of it,” he added.

    Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh shared a information report on Twitter concerning the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express making a miraculous escape from crashing in Jharkhand and requested, “Will the CBI investigate this as well? Or will the Modi government finally accept that something is seriously wrong with safety in Indian Railways.”

    “Shocking really. But the other central agency has been roped in to divert attention from the report of this central institution,” he mentioned in one other tweet, referring to a CAG report of March 2021 that claimed that Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) funds had been utilized in “non-priority” areas.

    Kumar accused the federal government of doing headline administration and saving the minister accountable for the practice accident. He additionally alleged that the railways is engaged on “bhagwan bharose” (on the god’s mercy).

    The Congress chief alleged that the federal government weaving conspiracy theories and its determination to refer the rail accident inquiry to the CBI had been solely to divert public consideration as he questioned the logic behind speeding to the conclusion that the accident was attributable to sabotage, with out inspecting different features.

    “It is like starting chemotherapy of a patient who merely complained of cough,” he mentioned.

    Taking a dig on the railway minister for resorting to “theatrics”, Kumar mentioned it ought to win him an Oscar award. “This is an Oscar-winning performance,” he mentioned whereas exhibiting the video of Vaishnaw getting emotional on the website of the accident.

    The Congress chief identified that even the CBI FIR didn’t point out the phrases “sabotage” and “conspiracy” anyplace, thus making it apparent that the federal government needed to divert consideration by resorting to conspiracy and sabotage theories.

    Taking a swipe on the authorities, he requested, “From where would the CBI get time since it is already preoccupied with investigating opposition parties and leaders?” Kumar mentioned if something must be investigated by the CBI, it’s the 1,129 incidents of derailments within the final 4 years, the huge discount within the finances for rail security and monitor upkeep, the pending vacancies within the railways and the overburdening of loco-pilots with 12 hours of continuous responsibility on account of a scarcity of employees.

    He questioned why a CBI probe has not been introduced into the 1,129 derailments.

    The Congress chief additionally requested why an official had given a dissenting observe on the preliminary inquiry and alleged that the railway signalling system is defective.

    He mentioned the perfect company to probe the accident is the railway security commissioner and never the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which doesn’t have time for it as it’s busy investigating opposition leaders.

    “The CBI should investigate why did the Modi government reduce the budget for repairing and laying new tracks from Rs 9,607 crore to Rs 7,400 crore. The CBI should investigate and say when trains derailed around 1,100 times in the last four years, why no CBI investigation was announced. The CBI should investigate and say why the funding of the National Rail Safety Fund has been reduced by almost 80 per cent,” Kumar mentioned.

    “Why is Ashwini Vaishnaw not named in the CBI FIR?” he requested.

    “The CBI should say why more than three lakh posts are vacant in the railways? The CBI should find out why a loco driver is being made to work for more than 12 hours? The CBI should also investigate why Rs 22 crore were spent in the inauguration of Vande Bharat by Modiji? The CBI should explain why only 4 per cent trains have ‘Kavach’ in nine years,” the Congress chief mentioned.

    The Indian Railways is within the course of of putting in “Kavach”, an anti-train collision system, throughout its community.

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP-led Centre of dereliction of responsibility of Himalayan proportions within the Balasore practice tragedy and mentioned an FIR ought to be lodged by the CBI towards Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for negligence.

    At a press convention right here, Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar alleged that there was a conspiracy on the a part of the railway minister that prompted the loss of life of 288 individuals and accidents to greater than 1,000 within the crash in Odisha’s Balasore, involving three trains.

    He additionally accused the railway minister of doing “theatrics” after the horrific accident and mentioned he ought to be given an Oscar award for it.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “It was sabotage done by the rail minister as part of a conspiracy with the prime minister for which an FIR should be registered against them,” Kumar mentioned.

    “The conspiracy that the CBI should investigate is against Ashwini Vaishnaw and his government,” he added.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on Twitter: “The 288 families of the Odisha train tragedy will not get justice by hailing the Railway Minister. Justice will be served only when their accountability and responsibility is fixed.”

    “The facts show that in the last 9 years, the Modi government has given up on the Ministry of Railways. And now the country is suffering because of it,” he added.

    Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh shared a information report on Twitter concerning the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express making a miraculous escape from crashing in Jharkhand and requested, “Will the CBI investigate this as well? Or will the Modi government finally accept that something is seriously wrong with safety in Indian Railways.”

    “Shocking really. But the other central agency has been roped in to divert attention from the report of this central institution,” he mentioned in one other tweet, referring to a CAG report of March 2021 that claimed that Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) funds had been utilized in “non-priority” areas.

    Kumar accused the federal government of doing headline administration and saving the minister accountable for the practice accident. He additionally alleged that the railways is engaged on “bhagwan bharose” (on the god’s mercy).

    The Congress chief alleged that the federal government weaving conspiracy theories and its determination to refer the rail accident inquiry to the CBI had been solely to divert public consideration as he questioned the logic behind speeding to the conclusion that the accident was attributable to sabotage, with out inspecting different features.

    “It is like starting chemotherapy of a patient who merely complained of cough,” he mentioned.

    Taking a dig on the railway minister for resorting to “theatrics”, Kumar mentioned it ought to win him an Oscar award. “This is an Oscar-winning performance,” he mentioned whereas exhibiting the video of Vaishnaw getting emotional on the website of the accident.

    The Congress chief identified that even the CBI FIR didn’t point out the phrases “sabotage” and “conspiracy” anyplace, thus making it apparent that the federal government needed to divert consideration by resorting to conspiracy and sabotage theories.

    Taking a swipe on the authorities, he requested, “From where would the CBI get time since it is already preoccupied with investigating opposition parties and leaders?” Kumar mentioned if something must be investigated by the CBI, it’s the 1,129 incidents of derailments within the final 4 years, the huge discount within the finances for rail security and monitor upkeep, the pending vacancies within the railways and the overburdening of loco-pilots with 12 hours of continuous responsibility on account of a scarcity of employees.

    He questioned why a CBI probe has not been introduced into the 1,129 derailments.

    The Congress chief additionally requested why an official had given a dissenting observe on the preliminary inquiry and alleged that the railway signalling system is defective.

    He mentioned the perfect company to probe the accident is the railway security commissioner and never the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which doesn’t have time for it as it’s busy investigating opposition leaders.

    “The CBI should investigate why did the Modi government reduce the budget for repairing and laying new tracks from Rs 9,607 crore to Rs 7,400 crore. The CBI should investigate and say when trains derailed around 1,100 times in the last four years, why no CBI investigation was announced. The CBI should investigate and say why the funding of the National Rail Safety Fund has been reduced by almost 80 per cent,” Kumar mentioned.

    “Why is Ashwini Vaishnaw not named in the CBI FIR?” he requested.

    “The CBI should say why more than three lakh posts are vacant in the railways? The CBI should find out why a loco driver is being made to work for more than 12 hours? The CBI should also investigate why Rs 22 crore were spent in the inauguration of Vande Bharat by Modiji? The CBI should explain why only 4 per cent trains have ‘Kavach’ in nine years,” the Congress chief mentioned.

    The Indian Railways is within the course of of putting in “Kavach”, an anti-train collision system, throughout its community.

  • Odisha put together crash: Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw holds meeting with officers

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who returned to Delhi from Balasore in Odisha after reviewing the rescue and restoration work following the triple put together accident, held a high-level meeting with officers proper right here on Tuesday.

    Sources said Vaishnaw instructed Railway Board officers to draw plans to make the railway neighborhood completely tamper-proof from exterior elements.

    The minister was moreover scheduled to hold a gathering with regular managers (GMs) and divisional railway managers of zonal railways on the problem of safety, but it surely absolutely was chaired by Railway Board Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti. The digital meeting which began at spherical 5 pm lasted a number of hours, officers said. The minister was not present inside the meeting, a railway spokesperson said.

    On Monday, the Railway Board had issued instructions to all GMs to make it possible for the protocol throughout the signalling applications are made tamper-proof.

    The put together accident in Balasore involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a objects put together laden with iron ore occurred spherical 7 pm on Friday near the Bahanaga Bazar station. At least 278 of us had been killed and higher than 900 had been injured inside the accident.

    Sources level out that an preliminary probe into the accident has revealed not solely a “signalling interference” however moreover a possible human negligence whereby the door of the relay room the place the signalling system is put in, had been saved open. However, this has not been confirmed by officers proper right here.

    Following the incident, the minister claimed that it was a “criminal act” throughout which modifications had been made to the interlocking system, whereas railway officers have termed the system “99 per cent tamper-proof and fail-proof,” thus providing no clear clarification for the tragedy.

    While unanswered questions referring to technical options throughout the incident will come to light after the Commissioner of Railway Safety’s probe report, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moreover started its probe into it.

    NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who returned to Delhi from Balasore in Odisha after reviewing the rescue and restoration work following the triple put together accident, held a high-level meeting with officers proper right here on Tuesday.

    Sources said Vaishnaw instructed Railway Board officers to draw plans to make the railway neighborhood completely tamper-proof from exterior elements.

    The minister was moreover scheduled to hold a gathering with regular managers (GMs) and divisional railway managers of zonal railways on the problem of safety, but it surely absolutely was chaired by Railway Board Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti. The digital meeting which began at spherical 5 pm lasted a number of hours, officers said. The minister was not present inside the meeting, a railway spokesperson said.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On Monday, the Railway Board had issued instructions to all GMs to make it possible for the protocol throughout the signalling applications are made tamper-proof.

    The put together accident in Balasore involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a objects put together laden with iron ore occurred spherical 7 pm on Friday near the Bahanaga Bazar station. At least 278 of us had been killed and higher than 900 had been injured inside the accident.

    Sources level out that an preliminary probe into the accident has revealed not solely a “signalling interference” however moreover a possible human negligence whereby the door of the relay room the place the signalling system is put in, had been saved open. However, this has not been confirmed by officers proper right here.

    Following the incident, the minister claimed that it was a “criminal act” throughout which modifications had been made to the interlocking system, whereas railway officers have termed the system “99 per cent tamper-proof and fail-proof,” thus providing no clear clarification for the tragedy.

    While unanswered questions referring to technical options throughout the incident will come to light after the Commissioner of Railway Safety’s probe report, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moreover started its probe into it.

  • Odisha apply crash: CBI set to take over probe, loco movement resumes on restored tracks

    By PTI

    BALASORE/NEW DELHI: The CBI is all set to take over the investigation into the Balasore apply crash, whereas apply movement resumed on the important route connecting jap and southern India with the first semi-high-speed Vande Bharat apply passing by the use of the world Monday morning.

    The Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered a case beneath diversified sections of the IPC and Railway Act along with these related to inflicting demise by negligence in reference to the Friday accident.

    The Congress and totally different opposition occasions questioned the need at hand over the case to the CBI nonetheless officers careworn that findings of a preliminary probe like “deliberate interference” inside the system necessitated the investigation by an professional firm.

    The railways has moreover launched a safety drive with a slew of directions to all zonal headquarters on the protection of station relay rooms and compounds housing signalling gear, along with “double locking arrangements” after an preliminary probe confirmed “signalling interference” as a suspected objective behind the Odisha triple-train accident.

    In accordance with the method, the CBI will take over the Balasore GRP case amount 64 registered by Odisha Police on June 3, official sources talked about, together with it is extra prone to be allotted to Special Crime Unit on the Delhi Headquarters.

    The case was registered beneath diversified IPC sections like 37 and 38 (related to inflicting hurt and endangering lives by the use of rash or negligent movement), 304A (inflicting demise by negligence) and 34 (widespread intention), and sections 153 (unlawful and negligent movement endangering lives of Railway passengers ), 154 and 175 (endangering lives) of the Railways Act.

    ALSO READ | ‘I’m haunted by it’: Survivors of Odisha triple apply crash recount trauma

    Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had launched on Sunday night time {{that a}} CBI probe had been actually helpful into the three-train crash.

    The crash on Friday involving two passenger trains and a objects apply killed 275 people and injured larger than 1,100, whereas the movement of merchandise and passenger trains on the busy route was moreover disrupted.

    Around 51 hours after the triple apply crash and barely 5 hours after the damaged tracks have been restored, apply movement resumed late Sunday night time time with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who has been tenting on the web site to oversee restoration work, and totally different senior officers present on the web site.

    A coal-laden objects apply from Vizag port to Rourkela Steel Plant was the first to run on the route spherical 10.40 pm on Sunday night time time. Vaishnaw waved to the apply drivers.

    The first high-speed passenger apply – Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express – handed by the use of Balasore on Monday morning, with wreckage from the accident nonetheless lying near the tracks and workers cleaning the situation. The apply slowed all the best way all the way down to a crawl as a result of it handed by the situation of Friday night time time’s apply crash near Bahanga Bazar station.

    The Howrah-Puri Express and Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express moreover handed the route.

    ALSO READ | Odisha apply crash ‘solely ensuing from human error’, say railway sources

    Railway officers had earlier indicated that attainable “sabotage” and tampering with the digital interlocking system, which detects the presence of trains, led to the accident involving the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a objects apply.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the CBI cannot restore accountability for technical, institutional and political failures Kharge moreover talked about “all the empty safety claims” of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have now been “exposed” and the federal authorities ought to carry to light the true causes that induced this grave accident, which he described as certainly one of many worst in Indian historic previous.

    In his four-page letter to Modi, the Congress chief talked about there could also be extreme concern among the many many widespread passengers regarding the deterioration in safety of railways “The CBI, or any other law enforcement agency, cannot fix accountability for technical, institutional and political failures. In addition, they lack the technical expertise in railway safety, signalling, and maintenance practices,” the Congress chief talked about.

    Rejecting a CBI probe, Odisha objects of 12 political occasions, along with Congress and Left occasions, demanded the formation of a Special Investigation Team and the resignation of Vaishnaw to pave the best way by which for an impartial inquiry.

    The occasions, along with Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Liberation, CPI(ML) Red Star, All India Forward Bloc, Samajwadi Party, RJD, NCP, RPI, AAP and Samata Kranti Dal.

    These occasions held a joint meeting and handed a choice stating that they rejected a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), accusing the central firm of “working at the behest of the BJP.”

    Reacting to questions on the need for a CBI probe when the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) was already probing the incident, an official indicated that the preliminary inquiry revealed the need for a further thorough investigation.

    “Lot of information has come during the course of the investigation. Various kinds of information have been made available which required a professional investigative agency,” he talked about.

    ALSO READ | Odisha apply crash: How did the derailment happen?

    The accident whereby a dashing Coromandel Express crashed proper right into a stationary objects apply on the loop line instead of travelling on the first line indicated factors with the digital interlocking system which modified the route of the apply and led to the collision.

    “Unless there is deliberate interference in the system, it is impossible that a route set for the main line is switched to the loop line,” he talked about.

    Meanwhile, in a letter to primary managers of all zones, the Railway Board has directed {{that a}} safety drive must be launched immediately with a specific give consideration to all ‘goomties’ (rooms alongside tracks) housing signalling gear inside station limits.

    It talked about they have to be checked and it must be ensured they’ve “double locking arrangements.”

    The board talked about that “all relay rooms in stations should be checked and ensured for the proper working of ‘double locking arrangement’.”

    “It should also be checked and ensured that there is data logging and generation of SMS alert for opening/closing of the door of these relay rooms,” it talked about.

    “During safety drive these items should be checked at 100 per cent of the above locations, further these items should be super-checked by officers for 10 per cent of the above locations,” it talked about.

    WATCH | Odisha apply crash: Tribals turned first responders, saved 200 people

    The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) on Monday recorded the statements of injured engine driver Gunanidhi Mohanty and his assistant Hajari Behera, who’re current course of remedy at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, officers talked about. Both have been rescued from the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and are at current safe.

    “Both drivers are stable. While Mohanty was taken out of the ICU on Monday, Behera is awaiting head surgery,” South Eastern Railway (SER) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Aditya Choudhury knowledgeable PTI.

    The Odisha authorities talked about it is going to bear the transportation worth for ferrying the our our bodies of the accident victims to completely totally different states.

    Chief Secretary PK Jena talked about 170 our our bodies out of 275 must date been acknowledged in Balasore and Bhubaneswar. He added that demise certificates is perhaps equipped on the earliest and is perhaps despatched electronically or by the use of velocity put as much as the households of the deceased.

    The state authorities has launched two toll-free numbers — 1800345 0061/1929 — to help these trying to find their missing relations.

    The National Disaster Response Force on Monday ended its rescue operation with the withdrawal of all its 9 teams, officers talked about. The drive rescued 44 victims and retrieved 121 our our bodies from the spot given that teams have been deployed after the accident on June 2, they talked about.

    READ MORE: 

    Odisha apply crash: Tribals turned first responders, saved 200

    Odisha apply crash: Even ticketless travellers will receive compensation 

    Five Nightmarish seconds; survivors recall the tragic apply accident

    BALASORE/NEW DELHI: The CBI is all set to take over the investigation into the Balasore apply crash, whereas apply movement resumed on the important route connecting jap and southern India with the first semi-high-speed Vande Bharat apply passing by the use of the world Monday morning.

    The Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered a case beneath diversified sections of the IPC and Railway Act along with these related to inflicting demise by negligence in reference to the Friday accident.

    The Congress and totally different opposition occasions questioned the need at hand over the case to the CBI nonetheless officers careworn that findings of a preliminary probe like “deliberate interference” inside the system necessitated the investigation by an professional firm.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The railways has moreover launched a safety drive with a slew of directions to all zonal headquarters on the protection of station relay rooms and compounds housing signalling gear, along with “double locking arrangements” after an preliminary probe confirmed “signalling interference” as a suspected objective behind the Odisha triple-train accident.

    In accordance with the method, the CBI will take over the Balasore GRP case amount 64 registered by Odisha Police on June 3, official sources talked about, together with it is extra prone to be allotted to Special Crime Unit on the Delhi Headquarters.

    The case was registered beneath diversified IPC sections like 37 and 38 (related to inflicting hurt and endangering lives by the use of rash or negligent movement), 304A (inflicting demise by negligence) and 34 (widespread intention), and sections 153 (unlawful and negligent movement endangering lives of Railway passengers ), 154 and 175 (endangering lives) of the Railways Act.

    ALSO READ | ‘I’m haunted by it’: Survivors of Odisha triple apply crash recount trauma

    Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had launched on Sunday night time {{that a}} CBI probe had been actually helpful into the three-train crash.

    The crash on Friday involving two passenger trains and a objects apply killed 275 people and injured larger than 1,100, whereas the movement of merchandise and passenger trains on the busy route was moreover disrupted.

    Around 51 hours after the triple apply crash and barely 5 hours after the damaged tracks have been restored, apply movement resumed late Sunday night time time with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who has been tenting on the web site to oversee restoration work, and totally different senior officers present on the web site.

    A coal-laden objects apply from Vizag port to Rourkela Steel Plant was the first to run on the route spherical 10.40 pm on Sunday night time time. Vaishnaw waved to the apply drivers.

    The first high-speed passenger apply – Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express – handed by the use of Balasore on Monday morning, with wreckage from the accident nonetheless lying near the tracks and workers cleaning the situation. The apply slowed all the best way all the way down to a crawl as a result of it handed by the situation of Friday night time time’s apply crash near Bahanga Bazar station.

    The Howrah-Puri Express and Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express moreover handed the route.

    ALSO READ | Odisha apply crash ‘solely ensuing from human error’, say railway sources

    Railway officers had earlier indicated that attainable “sabotage” and tampering with the digital interlocking system, which detects the presence of trains, led to the accident involving the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a objects apply.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the CBI cannot restore accountability for technical, institutional and political failures Kharge moreover talked about “all the empty safety claims” of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have now been “exposed” and the federal authorities ought to carry to light the true causes that induced this grave accident, which he described as certainly one of many worst in Indian historic previous.

    In his four-page letter to Modi, the Congress chief talked about there could also be extreme concern among the many many widespread passengers regarding the deterioration in safety of railways “The CBI, or any other law enforcement agency, cannot fix accountability for technical, institutional and political failures. In addition, they lack the technical expertise in railway safety, signalling, and maintenance practices,” the Congress chief talked about.

    Rejecting a CBI probe, Odisha objects of 12 political occasions, along with Congress and Left occasions, demanded the formation of a Special Investigation Team and the resignation of Vaishnaw to pave the best way by which for an impartial inquiry.

    The occasions, along with Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Liberation, CPI(ML) Red Star, All India Forward Bloc, Samajwadi Party, RJD, NCP, RPI, AAP and Samata Kranti Dal.

    These occasions held a joint meeting and handed a choice stating that they rejected a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), accusing the central firm of “working at the behest of the BJP.”

    Reacting to questions on the need for a CBI probe when the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) was already probing the incident, an official indicated that the preliminary inquiry revealed the need for a further thorough investigation.

    “Lot of information has come during the course of the investigation. Various kinds of information have been made available which required a professional investigative agency,” he talked about.

    ALSO READ | Odisha apply crash: How did the derailment happen?

    The accident whereby a dashing Coromandel Express crashed proper right into a stationary objects apply on the loop line instead of travelling on the first line indicated factors with the digital interlocking system which modified the route of the apply and led to the collision.

    “Unless there is deliberate interference in the system, it is impossible that a route set for the main line is switched to the loop line,” he talked about.

    Meanwhile, in a letter to primary managers of all zones, the Railway Board has directed {{that a}} safety drive must be launched immediately with a specific give consideration to all ‘goomties’ (rooms alongside tracks) housing signalling gear inside station limits.

    It talked about they have to be checked and it must be ensured they’ve “double locking arrangements.”

    The board talked about that “all relay rooms in stations should be checked and ensured for the proper working of ‘double locking arrangement’.”

    “It should also be checked and ensured that there is data logging and generation of SMS alert for opening/closing of the door of these relay rooms,” it talked about.

    “During safety drive these items should be checked at 100 per cent of the above locations, further these items should be super-checked by officers for 10 per cent of the above locations,” it talked about.

    WATCH | Odisha apply crash: Tribals turned first responders, saved 200 people

    The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) on Monday recorded the statements of injured engine driver Gunanidhi Mohanty and his assistant Hajari Behera, who’re current course of remedy at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, officers talked about. Both have been rescued from the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and are at current safe.

    “Both drivers are stable. While Mohanty was taken out of the ICU on Monday, Behera is awaiting head surgery,” South Eastern Railway (SER) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Aditya Choudhury knowledgeable PTI.

    The Odisha authorities talked about it is going to bear the transportation worth for ferrying the our our bodies of the accident victims to completely totally different states.

    Chief Secretary PK Jena talked about 170 our our bodies out of 275 must date been acknowledged in Balasore and Bhubaneswar. He added that demise certificates is perhaps equipped on the earliest and is perhaps despatched electronically or by the use of velocity put as much as the households of the deceased.

    The state authorities has launched two toll-free numbers — 1800345 0061/1929 — to help these trying to find their missing relations.

    The National Disaster Response Force on Monday ended its rescue operation with the withdrawal of all its 9 teams, officers talked about. The drive rescued 44 victims and retrieved 121 our our bodies from the spot given that teams have been deployed after the accident on June 2, they talked about.

    READ MORE: 

    Odisha apply crash: Tribals turned first responders, saved 200

    Odisha apply crash: Even ticketless travellers will receive compensation 

    Five Nightmarish seconds; survivors recall the tragic apply accident

  • Initial findings entail inquiry by expert firm: Sources on CBI probe into Odisha put together crash

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Amid Opposition criticism of a CBI probe into the Balasore put together accident, authorities sources on Monday acknowledged there was “deliberate interference” throughout the system and that information unearthed via the preliminary investigation necessitated a probe by an knowledgeable firm.

    Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Friday night time time’s horrifying accident which left 275 people ineffective and 1,100 injured.

    Reacting to questions on the need for a CBI probe when the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) was already probing the incident, an official indicated that the preliminary inquiry revealed the need for a further thorough investigation.

    “Lot of information has come during the course of the investigation. Various kinds of information have been made available which required a professional investigative agency,” he acknowledged.

    ALSO READ | Odisha put together crash: Mamata raises question over CBI probe into lethal accident

    The accident throughout which a dashing Coromandel Express crashed proper right into a stationary gadgets put together on the loop line as a substitute of travelling on the first line indicated factors with the digital interlocking system which modified the route of the put together and led to the collision.

    “Unless there is deliberate interference in the system, it is impossible that a route set for the main line is switched to the loop line,” he acknowledged.

    While the ministry had earlier dominated out driver error or a malfunction throughout the interlocking system, it acknowledged all angles had been being probed.

    NEW DELHI: Amid Opposition criticism of a CBI probe into the Balasore put together accident, authorities sources on Monday acknowledged there was “deliberate interference” throughout the system and that information unearthed via the preliminary investigation necessitated a probe by an knowledgeable firm.

    Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Friday night time time’s horrifying accident which left 275 people ineffective and 1,100 injured.

    Reacting to questions on the need for a CBI probe when the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) was already probing the incident, an official indicated that the preliminary inquiry revealed the need for a further thorough investigation.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “Lot of information has come during the course of the investigation. Various kinds of information have been made available which required a professional investigative agency,” he acknowledged.

    ALSO READ | Odisha put together crash: Mamata raises question over CBI probe into lethal accident

    The accident throughout which a dashing Coromandel Express crashed proper right into a stationary gadgets put together on the loop line as a substitute of travelling on the first line indicated factors with the digital interlocking system which modified the route of the put together and led to the collision.

    “Unless there is deliberate interference in the system, it is impossible that a route set for the main line is switched to the loop line,” he acknowledged.

    While the ministry had earlier dominated out driver error or a malfunction throughout the interlocking system, it acknowledged all angles had been being probed.

  • Odisha apply crash: Mamata raises question over CBI probe into lethal accident

    Express News Service

    KOLKATA: Slamming the Centre over its decision to recommend a CBI investigation into the lethal triple apply crash in Balasore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said it is not the time to suppress the truth.

    Stepping up her assault on the central authorities for involving the central firm throughout the mishap, Mamata said, “We want people to know the truth. It is not the time to suppress the truth.”

    She moreover cited the examples of CBI probe into railway mishaps all through her stint as a result of the railway minister and said the central firm’s investigation resulted in no finish end result.

    “When I was the railway minister, I also gave Gyaneshwari Express case to the CBI but no result came. We see no result even after 12 years. The CBI deals with criminal cases. The Railway Safety Commission is there to investigate accident cases,” she said.

    Mamata launched additional authorities help aside from the ex-gratia compensation she had launched earlier. The West Bengal CM launched state authorities jobs for the following of kin of people who misplaced their lives and members of the family of people who misplaced their limbs throughout the triple apply crash in Odisha’s Balasore.

    “Some of the accident victims lost their hands and legs. For such people, our government has decided that we will give the job of special home guard to one of their family members,” she said.

    Mamata moreover launched that she would revisit Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on Tuesday saying she cancelled her Darjeeling go to to look at the mishap state of affairs.

    “I will meet the injured from Bengal who are lodged in hospitals in Odisha,” she said.

    Sharing a letter written by a railway official three months prior to now on his social media platform, TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale alleged railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw ignored warnings from railway officers about points throughout the observe interlocking and signalling system.

    “New shocking fact on how Rail Minister QAshwiniVaishnaw’s criminal negligence caused Odisha train crash: In Feb ’23 (3 months ago), a rail official flagged SERIOUS concerns on track & signalling safety after a major crash was narrowly prevented. His letter was ignored,” Gokhale tweeted sharing a letter purportedly written by the principal chief operational supervisor, south western railway addressing senior railway officers. 

    New stunning actuality on how Rail Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw’s felony negligence induced Odisha apply crash:

    In Feb ’23 (3 months prior to now), a rail official flagged SERIOUS points on observe & signaling safety after a big crash was narrowly prevented

    His letter was ignored

    (1/9)

    — Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) June 5, 2023

    KOLKATA: Slamming the Centre over its decision to recommend a CBI investigation into the lethal triple apply crash in Balasore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said it is not the time to suppress the truth.

    Stepping up her assault on the central authorities for involving the central firm throughout the mishap, Mamata said, “We want people to know the truth. It is not the time to suppress the truth.”

    She moreover cited the examples of CBI probe into railway mishaps all through her stint as a result of the railway minister and said the central firm’s investigation resulted in no finish end result.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “When I was the railway minister, I also gave Gyaneshwari Express case to the CBI but no result came. We see no result even after 12 years. The CBI deals with criminal cases. The Railway Safety Commission is there to investigate accident cases,” she said.

    Mamata launched additional authorities help aside from the ex-gratia compensation she had launched earlier. The West Bengal CM launched state authorities jobs for the following of kin of people who misplaced their lives and members of the family of people who misplaced their limbs throughout the triple apply crash in Odisha’s Balasore.

    “Some of the accident victims lost their hands and legs. For such people, our government has decided that we will give the job of special home guard to one of their family members,” she said.

    Mamata moreover launched that she would revisit Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on Tuesday saying she cancelled her Darjeeling go to to look at the mishap state of affairs.

    “I will meet the injured from Bengal who are lodged in hospitals in Odisha,” she said.

    Sharing a letter written by a railway official three months prior to now on his social media platform, TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale alleged railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw ignored warnings from railway officers about points throughout the observe interlocking and signalling system.

    “New shocking fact on how Rail Minister QAshwiniVaishnaw’s criminal negligence caused Odisha train crash: In Feb ’23 (3 months ago), a rail official flagged SERIOUS concerns on track & signalling safety after a major crash was narrowly prevented. His letter was ignored,” Gokhale tweeted sharing a letter purportedly written by the principal chief operational supervisor, south western railway addressing senior railway officers. 

    New stunning actuality on how Rail Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw’s felony negligence induced Odisha apply crash:
    In Feb ’23 (3 months prior to now), a rail official flagged SERIOUS points on observe & signaling safety after a big crash was narrowly prevented
    His letter was ignored
    (1/9)
    — Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) June 5, 2023