Odisha Train Accident: Train services resumed in Balasore

At least 288 people have been killed and over 1000 were injured in a horrific three-train collision. The crash involved the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train. Odisha Train Accident: Train services resumed in Balasore.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday turned emotional as he spoke about the missing persons in the horrific train crash in Odisha’s Balasore that claimed 275 lives and injured more than 1000 people. Speaking to media persons, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the construction work on damaged tracks started soon after PM Modi sent out instructions for the restoration of ways.

He said that the whole team labored diligently to fix the damaged rails for the resumption of train services and both the lines were tested before services resumed. “Our goal is to make sure missing persons’ family members can find them as soon as possible…our responsibility is not over yet,” said a visibly emotional Ashwini Vaishnaw as he announced the restoration of train services in the affected section.

Train services resumed on Sunday night following the repair of the damaged tracks on both the up and down lines, 51 hours after the tragic triple train accident in Balasore. “Services on both tracks have been restored. Normal train services on both lines were restored 51 hours after the accident,” the minister said.

Meanwhile, The lapses resulting in the tragic accident in Odisha involving three trains may now be investigated by the CBI with the railway board recommending a probe by the country’s premier investigation agency.

“Based on whatever administrative information we have till now and taking into account the situation on in which this accident took place, the railway board would recommend further inquiry into the Balasore train accident by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),” Vaishnaw said on Sunday.

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