Bhubaneswar: The officials Odisha Tuesday’s revised body count Bahanaga train accident By 288, returning to the number of deaths first announced on 3 June, it had reduced the number to 275.
Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said the final figures were confirmed after receiving reports from district collectors after a thorough verification process.
Jena said, “They were asked to match the data of bodies found on the railway tracks with those of the Bahnaga accident site and the Balasore temporary mortuary, hospitals in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, where the injured were sent.” “
‘The condition of only one injured is critical’
A search was carried out by the Government Railway Police, District Police and Civil Magistrate, first up to 30 meters of the track and then 30 to 60 meters on both sides of the tracks at Bahnaga, to trace the injured and the dead. Said.
The revision of the government’s death toll came on the same day West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said 31 people from her state were still missing after the accident. “A total of 103 bodies of passengers from West Bengal have been identified. 86 of them have reached the state. Besides, 31 bodies are still missing,” he said at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
However, Chief Secretary Jena informed that it has been verified that 193 bodies were brought to Bhubaneswar. In Balasore, 94 bodies were identified and handed over to the next of kin. One of the injured died in Bhadrak.
“The final toll now stands at 288. Of the injured, only one person is in critical condition, while the others are mostly out of danger,” he added. Jena said that 205 bodies have been identified.
Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said the final figures were confirmed after receiving reports from district collectors after a thorough verification process.
Jena said, “They were asked to match the data of bodies found on the railway tracks with those of the Bahnaga accident site and the Balasore temporary mortuary, hospitals in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, where the injured were sent.” “
‘The condition of only one injured is critical’
A search was carried out by the Government Railway Police, District Police and Civil Magistrate, first up to 30 meters of the track and then 30 to 60 meters on both sides of the tracks at Bahnaga, to trace the injured and the dead. Said.
The revision of the government’s death toll came on the same day West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said 31 people from her state were still missing after the accident. “A total of 103 bodies of passengers from West Bengal have been identified. 86 of them have reached the state. Besides, 31 bodies are still missing,” he said at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
However, Chief Secretary Jena informed that it has been verified that 193 bodies were brought to Bhubaneswar. In Balasore, 94 bodies were identified and handed over to the next of kin. One of the injured died in Bhadrak.
“The final toll now stands at 288. Of the injured, only one person is in critical condition, while the others are mostly out of danger,” he added. Jena said that 205 bodies have been identified.