#odishatrainaccident — Public Fediverse posts
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Long, Difficult Process Of Identifying The Dead Prolongs Grief & Horror For Odisha Train-Crash Families
A month after a three-train wreck in Balasore, Odisha, killed over 290 people on 2 June, 52 bodies are yet to be identified. As mostly low-income families wait in Bhubaneswar for the result of DNA testing, they sift between two sets of images—those of the mangled faces and bodies they have seen and the smiling ones saved on their phones, some sent minutes before the accident. While their poverty demands they return to work, desperate calls from home ask whether they will soon have the solace of the last rites.
#odisha #balasore #OdishaTrainAccident #IndianRailways #MigrantLabourers #MigrantWorkers #poverty #india
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Modi government’s special fund for railway safety spent on foot massagers, crockery, winter jackets: CAG report
This spending sleight of hand and the sharp rap that the government auditors delivered to the railway czars may never have become public if it weren’t for the triple-train accident last week in Balasore.
#odisha #balasore #OdishaTrainAccident #TrainSafety #IndianRailways #CAG #UnionGovt #BJP #india
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Electrocution Likely Behind 40 Deaths In Balasore Train Accident: Railway Police
An FIR registered at the Government Railway Police station at Balasore indicated that live overhead wires which snapped when the accident occurred, entangled with a few coaches, electrocuting the passengers trapped in them.
#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #balasore #railways #RailwayPolice #TrainSafety #IndianRailways #india
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‘A boon’, ‘hope he stays’: After horrific accident, BJP, supporters rally to railway minister’s side
The three-train accident in Odisha’s Balasore is one of India’s worst railway disasters.
#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #balasore #AshwiniVaishnaw #BJP #railways #RahulGandhi #INC #SharadPawar #NCP #TMC #RepublicBharat #AmitMalviya #india
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Odisha Train Tragedy: An Unaccountable Central Government Enabled by Big Media
There was a time when the mainstream media would ask questions of the regime. Now it attacks those who dare to ask.
#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #balasore #IndianRailways #infrastructure #VandeBharat #media #television #NarendraModi #india
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Railway Brass Had Flagged Unfilled Vacancies as Key Reason for Rise in Mishaps in 2022-23
Amid flagging ‘modern’ Vande Bharats and Amrit Stations, how much has the Modi government spent on passenger safety?
#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #railways #UnionGovt #kavach #VandeBharat #BJP #NarendraModi #india
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Odisha train accident: Experts talk of the many measures that could have saved lives
If the planned modern equipment were in place as promised, the accident — which killed more than 260 people — could have been averted.
#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #balasore #railways #infrastructure #kavach #india
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Odisha tragedy: Families throng expo hall turned mortuary in search of missing relatives
To address the mounting casualties, the Odisha government swiftly established a temporary mortuary at the North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) business park on the outskirts of Balasore.
#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #balasore #railways #OdishaGovt #india
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Error in signalling system led to crash, train was not over-speeding, says Railway Board
The Railways on June 4 said the Coromandel Express was “not over-speeding” and received the green signal to enter a loop line on which a goods train was stationary, virtually clearing its driver of any role behind the accident.
#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #balasore #railways #RailwayBoard #india