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.

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https://article-14.com/post/long-difficult-process-of-identifying-the-dead-prolongs-grief-horror-for-odisha-train-crash-families-64a22a67e80d1

The Railways will not make public the CRS probe report on the Balasore triple train accident to ensure that there is no "influence or interference" on the CBI's ongoing investigation in the case, senior officials told PTI on Friday.
#Railways #Report #OdishaTrainAccident
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/odisha-train-accident-why-railways-wont-make-public-its-report-on-balasore-train-accident-4166988

This is a classic case of a conman trying to cover his tracks with a generous donation. I'm sure the police will investigate the source of his income before accepting the donation. It's shocking that such people exist in our society.
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Odisha Train Accident: In a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Chandrasekhar had sought permission to make the donation, mentioning that the amount is his 'legit and taxed income'
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What a kind gesture from the people of Soro and Bahanaga to perform these rituals to pay homage to the lives lost in this tragic accident.
#Mass #Mundan #OdishaTrainAccident
https://www.news18.com/india/odisha-mass-mundan-other-rituals-for-those-killed-in-odisha-train-accident-8053549.html

For the rituals, people from different sections came forward to pay their respects and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured after the Odisha train accident that killed 238 people
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https://www.news18.com/india/odisha-mass-mundan-other-rituals-for-those-killed-in-odisha-train-accident-8053549.html

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

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/modi-governments-special-fund-for-railway-safety-spent-on-foot-massagers-crockery-winter-jackets-cag-report/cid/1943871

The school which had a strength of 567 students had two classrooms filled with bodies after the June 2 train collision

@debabrata2008 reports
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/school-used-as-morgue-for-odisha-train-tragedy-victims-razed-101686339131995.html #press

Visuals show moments before the #OdishaTrainAccident

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/odisha-train-accident-coromandel-express-balasore-viral-video-101686229796460.html #press

‘I am alive’

Presumed dead in #OdishaTrainAccident, man wakes up and seeks help

Full story here
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/odisha-balasore-train-accident-west-bengal-presumed-dead-man-seeks-help-101686224940267.html #press

#OdishaTrainAccident | 24-YO Biswajit Malik's father said that rescuers who were bringing out bodies from the compartments thought he was dead.

“They dumped a few dead bodies on him. But luckily, he gained his consciousness and stretched out his left arm, which accidentally… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1666653945438121984 #press

Seventy-year-old Sonwa Marandi from Dumka district of Jharkhand lost his two sons and son-in-law in the tragic triple train accident at Bahanaga on Friday that killed 288 people. #OdishaTrainAccident
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Severed head landed on my chest, says Balasore train accident survivor http://toi.in/oQaDCb31/a24gk

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How #OdishaTrainAccident got politicised

On June 5, Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the railway board had decided to recommend a #CBI inquiry into the accident.

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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.

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https://www.outlookindia.com/national/electrocution-likely-behind-40-deaths-in-balasore-train-accident-railway-police-news-292658

Locals saved over 1,000 lives after #OdishaTrainAccident

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/odisha-train-accident-death-toll-reason-b2352785.html #press

#OdishaTrainAccident: 101 bodies still unidentified, says DRM Rinkesh Roy

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/odisha-train-accident-101-bodies-still-unidentified-says-drm-rinkesh-roy/videoshow/100782957.cms #press

"I looked outside from a window and saw the engine sitting above a goods train"

#OdishaTrainAccident #BalasoreAccident
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/odisha-train-accident-survivors-nerve-chilling-account-severed-head-101686066267772.html #press

Passengers inside the #CoromandelExpress today as it passed through the accident site.

A number of onlookers witnessed the locomotive chug through the distance. Read here https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/days-after-odisha-train-crash-coromandel-express-passes-through-accident-site-101686069398191.html

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#OdishaTrainAccident | Four days after the accident, the Shalimar-Chennai #CoromandelExpress crossed the site at 30kmph

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/days-after-odisha-train-crash-coromandel-express-passes-through-accident-site-101686069398191.html #press