Southwest monsoon to retreat from Odisha in next 2 days
The southwest monsoon has started to withdraw from the coastal state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Bhubaneswar regional centre said on Sunday.
The southwest monsoon has started to withdraw from the coastal state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Bhubaneswar regional centre said on Sunday.
A passenger train and a goods train collided in Bhairab, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the capital Dhaka, causing the tragedy
Twenty-eight unclaimed bodies of the Balasore train tragedy preserved at AIIMS here have been handed over to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the cremation, a release said.
As many as 52 bodies at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar are yet to be identified after the triple train collision in Odisha's Balasore district.
The investigation of the incident of derailment of a coach of the Howrah-bound local train near Kharagpur on 10 June has been taken over by the headquarters of South Eastern Railway.
Railway minister said work on the reconstruction of the damaged tracks started soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out instructions to that effect.
The passengers from the state who were seriously injured will receive Rs 5 lakh while those slightly injured will get Rs 1 lakh. The compensation announced will be in addition to the ex-gratia provided by the Centre.
CPRO of South Eastern Railway, said, "The capsized bogies have been removed and the work of connecting the track is going on from one side".
Tamil Nadu's minister for Health, Ma Subramanian' and Minister for Disaster Management, KKSSR Ramachandran were present at Chennai's MGR Central Railway Station to receive the passengers.
“There were 178 passengers from Andhra Pradesh travelling in these trains. However, the number of casualties or injured is yet to be known,” said Anup Satpathy, DRM Waltair of East Coast Railway.
