Odisha train accident: Teams working round the clock to restore tracks

Two days after the train accident at Bahanga Bazar in Odisha’s Balasore district, most of the tracks have been cleared of wrecked railway coaches overnight, railway officials said

Two days after one of India’s worst train accidents at Bahanga Bazar in Odisha’s Balasore district, most railway tracks have been cleared of wrecked railway coaches overnight by a team of bulldozers and cranes so that railway services on the main trunk line connecting eastern and southern India can be restored, railway officials said on June 4.

Work on repairing tracks and overhead electric cables which had snapped is also going on, said officials.

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Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Dharmendra Pradhan who have camped here visited the railway accident site in the early hours on June 4.

“Restoration work is going on at a fast pace,” said Mr. Vaishnaw.

Mr. Pradhan added that “rescue work is over … we are working with the local administration to send people affected back home.” He also said that the big challenge is to restore tracks so that the railway link between two important wings of the country can start functioning.

“By Tuesday we should be able to do it,” the Minister said.