Odisha government has urged people to the next of kin from different states to identify and claim the bodies of the deceased in the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore.
Special trains are being run from Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ranchi, Kolkata and other places so that patients can reach their homes, after their treatment.
"Keeping in view the greater benefit of the commuters CM Naveen Patnaik has announced free bus service to Kolkata from Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack from today," the Office of the Chief Minister (CMO) Odisha said.
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a probe into the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, by an expert panel headed by a retired judge of the apex court.
Union Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan who was present at the accident site on Sunday said that it is their responsibility to establish normalcy at the earliest and strict action will be taken against those responsible.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who took stock of the restoration work at the Balasore train accident site in Odisha on Sunday said that track laying has ben done on one of the two main lines.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore occurred due to a "change in electronic interlocking".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to take stock of the progress of the restoration work at Balasore triple train accident site, Railway Ministry sources informed.
The help desk has been set up at BMC-ICOMC tower, Satya Nagar Bhubaneswar to facilitate family, friends, and relatives of deceased people and people stranded in the tragic train accident.
"I want to applaud the relief teams present at the site. I wouldn't say they are not trying...they absolutely are. But all these tasks should have happened before such incidents occur, it is happening after the incident. If this kind of method was there before the incident, then perhaps we w
"It has nothing to do with Kavach. The reason is not what Mamata Banerjee said yesterday. This incident happened due to a change in electronic interlocking," the Railway Minister told ANI.