Odisha Train Accident Report

Forty-one passengers from the accident have still not been identified, the government also revealed.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) today accused the BJP-led Centre of "prioritising public relations over passenger safety" and alleged that concerns raised by the opposition on serious issues regarding the Indian Railways were disregarded.

The Congress alleged on Tuesday that the Narendra Modi government has "thoroughly compromised" on basic issues of railway safety and claimed that a recent train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore was a result of human error.

A high-level inquiry has found "wrong signalling" to be the main reason for the Balasore train accident and flagged "lapses at multiple levels" in the signalling and telecommunication department.

A month after the Balasore triple train tragedy that led to 293 deaths, and over 1,000 injured, the Commissioner of Railways Safety (CRS) probing the accident has flagged human error of workers in signalling department.

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.

A 28-year-old Abu Dhabi-based Indian chef, who recently won a cash prize of more than 4 lakhs in a lottery, has pledged to donate a portion of his winnings to the victims of the Odisha train accident that claimed 288 lives, a media report said.

The horrific crash had left many limbless and severely disfigured, and high-tension electrical wire overhead also reportedly charred some bodies beyond recognition, which is one of the major reasons families are having trouble identifying the bodies.

A report by the country's top auditor that flagged the amount spent on railway safety and track repair as inadequate, has been refuted by railway sources, who said it only covers data for three years up to 2019-20.

India's top auditing body, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a 2022 report on derailments in Indian Railways sought to find out whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented.

A major accident involving three trains - two passenger and one freight - happened in Odisha today. One train hit the derailed bogies of another causing crash of many coaches, reports said. 233 people are killed and 900 injured in the accident.

Within days of a road accident that killed seven migrant workers travelling from Odisha's Ganjam to cloth mills in Gujarat, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal urging him to restart Special Shramik trains from his home state so people can "safely return to work" and "help restart the economy".

At least 23 people have died and over 72 injured after 14 coaches of the Utkal Express ran off the tracks in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening.

A goods train collided sideways with the Samaleswari Express at Jharsuguda station in Odisha. The accident occurred at 2am on Wednesday. Latest reports say seven people have been injured, one of them seriously.

Forty-one passengers from the accident have still not been identified, the government also revealed.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) today accused the BJP-led Centre of "prioritising public relations over passenger safety" and alleged that concerns raised by the opposition on serious issues regarding the Indian Railways were disregarded.

The Congress alleged on Tuesday that the Narendra Modi government has "thoroughly compromised" on basic issues of railway safety and claimed that a recent train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore was a result of human error.

A high-level inquiry has found "wrong signalling" to be the main reason for the Balasore train accident and flagged "lapses at multiple levels" in the signalling and telecommunication department.

A month after the Balasore triple train tragedy that led to 293 deaths, and over 1,000 injured, the Commissioner of Railways Safety (CRS) probing the accident has flagged human error of workers in signalling department.

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.

A 28-year-old Abu Dhabi-based Indian chef, who recently won a cash prize of more than 4 lakhs in a lottery, has pledged to donate a portion of his winnings to the victims of the Odisha train accident that claimed 288 lives, a media report said.

The horrific crash had left many limbless and severely disfigured, and high-tension electrical wire overhead also reportedly charred some bodies beyond recognition, which is one of the major reasons families are having trouble identifying the bodies.

A report by the country's top auditor that flagged the amount spent on railway safety and track repair as inadequate, has been refuted by railway sources, who said it only covers data for three years up to 2019-20.

India's top auditing body, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a 2022 report on derailments in Indian Railways sought to find out whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented.

A major accident involving three trains - two passenger and one freight - happened in Odisha today. One train hit the derailed bogies of another causing crash of many coaches, reports said. 233 people are killed and 900 injured in the accident.

Within days of a road accident that killed seven migrant workers travelling from Odisha's Ganjam to cloth mills in Gujarat, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal urging him to restart Special Shramik trains from his home state so people can "safely return to work" and "help restart the economy".

At least 23 people have died and over 72 injured after 14 coaches of the Utkal Express ran off the tracks in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening.

A goods train collided sideways with the Samaleswari Express at Jharsuguda station in Odisha. The accident occurred at 2am on Wednesday. Latest reports say seven people have been injured, one of them seriously.