Odisha Train Accident: Army Deployed To Assist In Evacuation, Treatment
NDTV
According to Indian Army, the teams have been routed from multiple bases so as to reach the place of the incident as early as possible.
Army teams have been deployed to assist in the evacuation and treatment of injured citizens in the Odisha triple train accident that claimed the lives of 238 people.
According to Indian Army, the teams have been routed from multiple bases so as to reach the place of the incident as early as possible.
"Indian Army has been deployed to assist in the evacuation and treatment of injured citizens. Army medical and engineering teams with ambulances and support services have been deployed from the Eastern Command. The teams have been routed from multiple bases so as to reach the place of the incident as early as possible," said Indian Army officials.
The death count in the Odisha train accident involving two express trains -- Bengaluru-Howrah Express and Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express -- and a goods train in Balasore has risen to 238, South Eastern Railway said on Saturday.
