Days After Balasore Tragedy That Killed 275, Goods Train Derails In Odisha

Three days after the tragic train accident that killed over 270 killed in Balasore, a goods train reportedly derailed in Odisha on Monday.

New Delhi: Three days after the tragic train accident that killed over 270 killed in Balasore, a goods train reportedly derailed in Odisha on Monday. The goods train, which was carrying limestones, went off the rails in the Bargarh area, which is 500 km away from the Balasore accident site, according to a report by NDTV.

Few coaches of the goods train have derailed and no casualties have so far been reported in the accident.

Odisha Train Accident: Train Services Resume Today

Almost three days into the tragic railway accident in Odisha’s Balasore that killed over 270 people, several trains on Monday resumed operations. Indian Railways said it has started running passenger trains on the tracks in Bahanaga village in Odisha’s Balasore which were affected due to the triple train accident. The triple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore which left 275 dead and more than 1,000 injured, Indian Railways on Monday resumed running passenger trains on the tracks of the accident-affected route.

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday waved at the crew of a goods train and prayed for a safe journey, as services resumed after 51 hours of a train accident in Balasore. “Services on both tracks have been restored. Normal train services on both lines have now been restored, 51 hours after the accident,” said Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Vaishnaw said the accident occurred due to a “change in electronic interlocking”. Electronic interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements between trains through an arrangement of tracks. It is basically a safety measure to prevent signals from being changed in improper sequence. The aim of this system is that no train gets the signal to proceed unless the route is proven safe.

Meanwhile, the probe of the tragic Odisha train accident that claimed the lives of 275 people and left over 1000 injured, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). “The way this accident happened, looking at the conditions, and according to the administrative information. The Railway Board is recommending the probe to the CBI,” Vaishnaw added.