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Balasore train accident toll mounts to 292

CUTTACK: The death toll in the Balasore train accident rose to 292 on Sunday with a 24-year-old passenger named Paltu Naskar from West Bengal succumbing to his injuries at a state-run hospital in Cuttack, an official said.

The Times of India

Migrating on the Coromandel Express

Migrant workers from West Bengal, who survived the train accident in Balasore, share how the Coromandel Express provides them a way to livelihood in southern states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka when they cannot gain employment in their native State. Though the trauma from the tragedy is fresh on their…

The Hindu

Is the Indian Railways stretched beyond its capacity?

A discussion on safety, overcrowding and maintenance works following the Balasore accident

The Hindu

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A journey with migrants on an unreserved coach of the Coromandel Express

Migrant workers resume undertaking tough journeys to other States for work, travelling in cramped conditions on unreserved general coaches of the Coromandel Express and other trains. They push haunting images of the tragic train accident at the Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station at Balasore to the back of their minds.

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | The trauma after a tragedy on tracks

A report on the Balasore tragedy, the agony of the families who continue to search for their loved ones and the CBI investigation

The Hindu

Brothers, breadwinners, fathers: the lives lost in India’s train disaster

Six days after the tragedy, the death toll stands at 288. Here are just a few of the victims’ stories

The Guardian - UK

Dozens of bodies remain unclaimed days after India train crash

Officials try to source iced containers to preserve bodies as they appeal to families to identify the dead.

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India train crash: hurtling into loop of disaster

An investigation into India's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades is underway, with preliminary findings pointing at a signal failure as the likely cause of the collision that led to the death of 275 people.

Reuters

About 83 bodies remain unidentified four days after Indian rail crash

Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify 83 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after the death toll in the country's deadliest rail crash in over two decades rose to 288.

Reuters

India's worst railway disaster in decades has killed at least 275 people. Here's what we know

At least 275 people are dead and nearly 1,200 more injured after a horrific three-train pile-up in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Here's what we know so far.

ABC News

What could have led Coromandel Express into the loop line?

The latest tragedy should now force the Railways to focus on a fail-safe mechanism where trains either come to an automatic halt or reduce speeds drastically whenever a snag is detected

The Hindu

Loco pilots of Coromandel Express battle pain and false narratives

Coromandel Express loco pilot admitted in ICU in critical state; assistant has fractured leg, disorientation; though some of the injured blame the pilots, Rail officials say they could have done little to stop collision

The Hindu

What caused the India train crash? A visual guide to what we know

India’s deadliest train crash in more than 20 years involved two passenger trains and a stationary freight train in the state of Odisha

The Guardian - UK

India rail crash probe focuses on electronic track management system

Investigators are probing an electronic track management system that they suspect malfunctioned and caused India’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades, railways officials said on Sunday.

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The Hindu

Congress demands Rail Minister’s resignation, alleges Centre prioritised PR of Vande Bharat trains over rail safety

Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Centre of not implementing the suggestions for track renewals as reason for Odisha train accident.

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | Railway Board alleges ‘signalling interference’, seeks CBI probe

The railways 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 that killed 288 people in Odisha’s Balasore district.

Dynamite News

Odisha govt appeals to next of kin to identify bodies; details here

Odisha government has urged people to the next of kin from different states to identify and claim the bodies of the deceased in the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha Train Accident: State govt to run special train from Bhadrak to Chennai today

As the restoration work after the horrific thee-train accident in Odisha's Balasore is underway, the State government said on Sunday that a special train will run from Bhadrak to Chennai at 1:00 pm. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Hindu

Odisha train accident | Probe to examine whether the Coromandel Express derailed or switched tracks

Officials said that none of the trains in the Odisha crash were equipped with anti-collision equipment nor was the section covered by the National Automatic Train Protection System or Kavach

Daily Mirror

India train crash casualties left 'screaming for help' as 288 die after carriages derail

As many as 288 people lost their lives - with the death toll expected to rise further - after three trains collided in the Odisha state of India on Friday evening

The Guardian - UK

‘Wailing for help’: passengers and bystanders tell of India train crash horror

Relatives tell of agony of searching for survivors among what one called ‘heaps of bodies’ as rescue activities draw to a close

The New Daily

More than 280 killed as Indian passenger trains collide in the night

At least 50 people have been killed and 350 injured when two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

The Hindu

At least 207 killed, over 900 injured in train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district

This breaking news article by The Hindu reports on the Coromandel Express derailment in the Balasore district after a head-on collision with a goods train on June 2, 2023.

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