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A recent report from a Parliamentary panel chaired by the BJP has surfaced, highlighting crucial recommendations to the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS).
India's eastern odicia state. cbs's monitoring it all from london. >> reporter: a sheet thrown to cover a face. a last dignity for a life lost. one of an astonishing hundreds in india's worst train tragedy since at least 1999. this drone view from above makes clear the degree of devastation. an express passenger train derailed. several of its carriages buckled. those then collided with another passenger train, then a parked freight train. in the moments after the accident friday evening lucky survivors climbed out. the less fortunate pulled out while the dead were laid out next to the tracks. ...
"Our focus is on rescue and relief operations. Restoration will begin after clearance from district administration", says Minister Vaishnaw
According to reports, PM Modi will also be visiting Odisha later in the day. He will visit the site of the accident in Balasore before meet the injured passengers admitted at the Cuttack hospital.
Anubhav Das, a passenger on the Coromandel Express that was involved in a horrific triple train crash on Friday, has posted an eyewitness account of the tragedy on Twitter.