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Near Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha on Friday evening around 7.10 4 to 6 coaches of Coromandel Express derailed within minutes. In this about 42 killed more than There is a chance to go and closer 150 More people are being told injured. Four coaches of the Coromandel Express derailed in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday evening, following which it collided with a goods train coming from the opposite side on another line, reported news agency PTI. –

Quoting railway officials, the agency has reported that the accident took place at 7. Then happened at Bahanga Bazar station on the minute. At that time the Coromandel Express was going from Shalimar station near Kolkata towards Chennai Central.

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Till the news is written, Odisha’s Special Relief Commissioner Satyavrat Sahu told that till now 24 more people have been admitted to Balasore Medical College and Hospital. According to media reports, many people are trapped in the derailed coaches. After the incident, the local people were helping the emergency service personnel to rescue them, but due to darkness there were problems in the operation.

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An official of South Eastern Railway said that the accident relief train has been dispatched to the spot. Railway officials said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed Satyavrat Sahu and Revenue Minister Pramila Malik to go to the accident site. ,-

Railway officials said that four columns of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), three columns of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Ambulances are busy in rescuing the injured. In view of the accident, the Odisha government and the Railways have started a helpline.

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Now if anyone wants to contact on the helpline number, then the train number 9966 at Howrah station for Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express at this -4148891 can contact on the helpline number. Apart from this, Kharagpur Railway Station 7978418322 and 8972073925 can contact on helpline no. For Balasore of Odisha 7978418322 and HELPLINE NUMBER CAN BE CONTACTED AND AT SHALIMAR STATION can contact helpline no. west bengalOdishaTrain AccidentPublished Date

Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 10: 59 PM IST