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Authorities in Odisha have released graphic pictures of dozens of bodies of the victims of Friday’s train crash, as services finally resumed on the tracks involved.
The Odisha government hopes the images will help families of passengers to find their loved ones’ remains. The names of around 300 injured passengers who are still in hospital have also been released.
Officials say preliminary investigations point to an error in the electronic signalling system as being the most likely cause of the crash, which killed at least 275 people and left more than 1,100 injured.
India’s railways minister, who has faced calls from the opposition to resign over the crash, oversaw the resumption of train services on Sunday night after some 51 hours of rescue and restoration work.
Ashwini Vaishnaw said the authorities are still working so that “missing persons’ family members can find them as soon as possible”.
The accident involving two packed passenger express trains and a stationary freight train has sparked anger across India over the management of the country’s massive rail network, which serves 22 million people every day.
Indian Railways orders week-long safety drive of signals across country
Indian Railways, the operator of the country’s nationalised rail network, has initiated a comprehensive week-long safety campaign across the country to focus on the signalling system, particularly the “double locking” signalling mechanism at stations.
The drive aims to ensure the proper functioning of the signalling apparatus and the effective generation of SMS alerts whenever the signalling relay rooms are accessed and secured.
Ticket counter remains shuttered at tragedy-struck station
At least 10 express rails have crossed the Bahanagar Bazar station where the deadly train accident occurred since the completion of the restoration.
However, the station remains closed for locals.
There is no clarity on when tickets would be issued for the local rails from the station.
Eyewitnesses recall ‘horrific and heart-wrenching’ scenes after deadly train crash in India
Eyewitnesses recalled “horrific and heart-wrenching” scenes after two passenger locomotives derailed in India, killing nearly 300 people and injuring hundreds more in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades.
The accident, which happened about 220km (137 miles) southwest of the eastern city of Kolkata on Friday night, led to a chaotic scene as rescuers climbed atop the mangled trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches to free survivors.
“The dead bodies were lying all over the tracks, people were screaming for help. This was my worst nightmare and the images will haunt me for life,” Santosh Jain, a passenger on one of the affected trains, told The Indian Express.
Opposition Congress party writes letter to PM Modi asking why ‘crucial warning’ was ignored
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi, asking him why a “crucial warning” about the potential for signal failure was ignored by railway officials.
In his scathing letter, the chief of the oldest Indian political party, said Odisha train accident was an “eye-opener”.
“All the empty safety claims of the railway minister have now been exposed. There is serious concern among the common passengers about this deterioration in safety. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the government to ascertain and bring to light the real reasons that caused this grave accident,” he said.
In one of his 11-questions that he posed to Mr Modi, he referred to a letter written by a top official in the Karnataka-based South Western Railway operator who had flagged his concerns about the danger of “signal failure”, which was identified as the root cause of an accident in February as well.
“Why and how could the Ministry of Railways ignore this crucial warning?” he asked.
First responder says police took an hour to reach site after train crash
One of the first responders at the site of the Odisha train crash said he rushed outside after hearing a “thunderous sound” and was left in shock by what he saw next.
Onkar Nath Panda, who lives just 50 metres away from the train tracks where the crash took place, tells The Independent that he saw a huge cloud of smoke, people screaming and everything had turned red before the police and officials arrived.
“It was like an earthquake,” he says. “The only thing dividing the train track from this house is a pond.
“We rushed out. And what we saw was smoke. Everything was covered in smoke. We heard people screaming.”
He said police only arrived at the scene more than an hour later, and in the meantime he and other locals jumped into action.
“I went back and took out sheets and an electrical cutter from my workshop to break open train doors. But the electricity had snapped by then.
“We tried calling for help but the lines were not working. We pulled out bodies as well as injured while the women of the house brought out buckets after buckets of water.”
“Everything was red. The police and officers arrived an hour later.”
Mr Panda said he hasn’t slept in days and was unable to eat after witnessing such horrific scenes.
Onkar Nath Panda, who lives just 50 metres away from the train tracks where the crash took place, shows the electric cutter he used to rescued passengers
Watch live as workers repair a train crossing at site of Odisha train crash
Train services have resumed along the tracks in Odisha, which suffered the country’s deadliest crash in more than two decades on Friday, as family members continued a desperate search for their missing loved ones.
Officials say preliminary investigations point to an error in the electronic signalling system as being the most likely cause of the crash, which killed at least 275 people and left more than 1,100 injured.
House painter, 21, who was about to get married next month among Indian train crash dead
A group of six-seven men in their early 20s were on their way to Chennai in the south of the country from Medinipur district in the eastern state of West Bengal on board the Coromandal express when the accident took place on Friday night.
Rajib Dakua, 21, who painted houses in Chennai, was among them. People from his village arrived in Odisha on Saturday and this morning were able to identify Dakua’s decomposing corpse.
Repair work on tracks continue 60 hours after deadly train accident
Repair work at one of the tracks that suffered a deadly train crash continued after three days.
Workers were seen repairing the loop line where a freight train was stationed when a high-speed passenger train packed with people rammed into it.
Trains were resumed on two of the train tracks following 51 hours of restoration work. The resumption of the first train was overseen by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Haunting drone footage lays bare deadly devastation of India train crash
Aerial footage captured above the scene of the deadly India train crash shows the extent of the incident that has killed almost 275 people.
Mangled and derailed train carriages are seen strewn across the ground as rescue workers continued to search the site.
Breaking: Another goods train derails in Odisha
A goods train has derailed in Odisha’s Bargarh district, as relief and rescue work following the country’s deadliest train disaster this century came to an end in Balasore in the same state.
No casualties have been reported in the incident.
The goods train was operated by a private cement company and it derailed inside the factory premises near Mendhapali.
“There is no role of Railways in this matter,” operator East Coast Railway said.
The second derailment comes three days after a triple train collision left around 275 people dead and more than 1,100 people injured.
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