On Friday evening, several were declared dead and injured in a major rail accident involving two express trains and a goods train in Balasore district of Odisha.
The Odisha government mobilised rescue teams from adjoining districts, while Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw solicited the help of the Air Force in the rescue operations.
As per a railway officer, several coaches of 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express travelling to Howrah derailed at Bahanagabazar and fell on the up-line. “These derailed coaches collided with 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express and its coaches capsized too,” he said.
