Odisha Train Accident Live Updates: Railway minister announces ₹10 lakh ex gratia for kin of deceased, ₹2 lakh for those severely injured

Odisha: In a major train accident Howarh Chennai Coromandal Express collided with a goods train at Baleswar district Bahnag, 40 kms from Balasore. According to preliminary reports about 7 bogies are said to have derailed.


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  • 2 Jun 2023 10:39 PM IST

  • 2 Jun 2023 10:39 PM IST

    Thought we would die..: Passenger shares ordeal

    Gobinda Mondal, one of the passengers who boarded the train in Bengal, got out of a wrecked coach through a broken window.

    “I had given up all hopes. I thought we would die. I was among some passengers who managed to leave our coach through a broken window. We were taken to a dispensary for first aid. We are out of danger but I saw some of the injured people. One of them was complaining of pain in the chest,” Mondal told News 18 Bangla news channel over phone.

  • 2 Jun 2023 10:38 PM IST

  • 2 Jun 2023 10:37 PM IST

     Minister for Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh, ₹2 lakh for those severely injured. “Ex-gratia compensation to the victims of this unfortunate train accident in Odisha; ₹10 Lakh in case of death, ₹2 Lakh towards grievous and ₹50,000 for minor injuries," Vaishnaw tweeted.

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