Major challenge before the Odisha government is the identification of dead bodies. As the bodies are in bad condition, the family members were facing difficulty in identifying
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "Our goal is to make sure missing persons' family members can find them as soon as possible...our responsibility is not over yet."
The next of kin of the deceased will get an assistance of Rs 5 lakh and those who sustained serious injuries will get Rs 1 lakh as assistance, a statement issued by the CMO said.
Before leaving for Odisha from Delhi, the Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting with regard to the tragic train mishap at the Bahanagar Bazar railway station on Friday evening.
By Saturday afternoon the number of people who were killed in the incident had gone up to 261 while around 900 have been been injured, according to officials
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy urged the creation of inquiry and grievance cells in the district collectors' offices to handle complaints and provide prompt resolution
The train crash, one of the deadliest in the country, took place in Balasore district about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar around 7 pm on Friday
MK Stalin's party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has also cancelled all its events scheduled for Saturday celebrating former Chief Minister Kalaingar Karunanithi's centenary
The South Central Railway (SCR) on Friday has set up helpline numbers in connection with the derailment of Coromandel Express at Bahanagabazar station between the Balasore-Bhadrak section in Odisha