India suffered one of the worst tragedies in recent years after two passenger trains collided in Odisha leaving 120 dead and 850 wounded. As he assured Reuters Sudhanshu Sarangicity fire director general, the number could continue to rise since the rescue tasks have not yet finished.
This Friday, the coromandel expresswhich runs from Calcutta to Chenai, collided with another passenger trainhe Howrah Superfast Express. Pictures at the scene They showed rescue teams climbing over the wreckage of one of the trains to find survivors.
“I was in the place and I could see blood, broken limbs and people dying around me“an eyewitness told Reuters.
The incident occurred after the Howrah Superfast Express to derail and collide with Coromandel Expressas reported by the authorities of the South Eastern Railway in a statement.
Chief Secretary of State Pradeep Jena said that around 550 people were taken to different local hospitals close to the accident siteadding that more than 200 ambulances were moving victims to nearby health centers.
For try collaborate with the worrying situation living in the city with such a number of wounded, hundreds of Young people wait outside a hospital in the town of Soro to donate blood.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik stated that the authorities’ priority was to “transfer the living to hospitals.”
Rescue operations were underway at the location and is being provided “all possible assistance” to those affected, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi saidin a tweet.
For his part, on his Twitter account, the Federal Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw held that the National Disaster Response Force, state government teams and the air force are also being mobilized to respond to the incident.
Source: Ambito
