While speaking to ANI, Lalit Narayan Mandal said," Did PM Modi or Railway Minister resign after the Odisha train accident? The bridge collapse in Bhagalpur is a tragic incident and I do not want to politicise the matter."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the decision of the Railway Board to hand over the inquiry to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Odisha train accident saying that "it is not the time to suppress the truth".
Pushkin Jain, Superintendent of Police of Golaghat district told ANI that the train struck the carrier vehicle laden with goods as it attempted to cross a rail. The vehicle driver however escaped unhurt.
The under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed on Sunday. The moment when the bridge collapsed in the Ganga River was also caught on video by locals.
"We visited all the hospitals in Odisha where patients have been admitted. We could not find anyone from Tamil Nadu. Of the 8 people (who were untraceable), 2 have been traced and are safe. We are unable to reach to 6 people but co-travellers said they are safe," said Tamil Nadu Minister
Days after the Odisha triple train tragedy, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), or any other law enforcement agency cannot fix accountability for technical, institutional, and politi
"Train movement on main lines has been restored, and things are back to normalcy after the full operation. All 9 teams of NDRF who were working in Odisha's Balasore have been withdrawn," Narendra Singh Bundela told ANI.
According to Southern Railway CPRO B Guganesan, "The base of the coach above the wheel in Kollam to Chennai Egmore express (16102) had a crack when the train crosses Punalur Forest Division. This was noticed by railway staff which averted big tragedy."
As many as 59 free buses from Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack left for Kolkata on Sunday night after rail services were halted on in Odisha in view of the triple train tragedy in Balasore that claimed 275 lives.
Indian Railways on Monday has started running passenger trains on the tracks in Bahanaga village in Odisha's Balasore which were affected due to the triple train accident.