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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting to take stock of the situation in Odisha where at least 238 people were killed in an accident involving three trains.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday arrived at the Balasore District Hospital and met the people who were injured in the train accident.
The train collision in Balasore last night, which resulted in the loss of over 230 lives and left approximately 900 injured, occurred on a stretch of railway tracks where the preventive safety system developed by the Indian Railways was not installed.
The tragic train accident in Odisha has left the country in shock. With over 200 killed in the accident, several celebrities took to social media to express grief and offer condolence to the families who lost their loved ones
The Indian Air Force (IAF) today deployed Mi-17 helicopters for the evacuation of deceased and injured in the Odisha triple train accident, informed Eastern Command.