BHUBANESWAR: With the state being prone to natural disasters because of its geographical location, the Odisha government’s past experience of dealing with cyclone and floods came in handy for the rescue teams to save around 1,200 lives from a near-death situation in the Bahanaga train tragedy on June 2, the government said on Monday.
The accident that left 275 passengers dead and over 1,000 injured was one of the worst disasters, though not natural, Odisha faced after the super cyclone in 1999, which had claimed over 10,000 lives.
