Odisha train accident: Railways disburses 22.66 cr compensation to kin of 661 victims

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has disbursed compensation of Rs 22.66 crore so far to the kins of 661 victims in connection with the Balasore train accident, informed South Eastern Railway, CPRO, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary on Friday.

SER CRPO said, Trains are plying on all four lines as the lines are fit. The family members of the deceased and those who sustained serious injuries in the Balasore train accident have received the compensation.

Meanwhile, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized a hard disk from the relay room of Bahanaga Bazaar railway station.

According to reliable reports, the hard disk contains the time when the green signal was given to the train, what the track status was then and many other information related to the accident.

CBI has taken over the investigation of the case from the GRP, which had already filed the case. Some members of Central Forensics are involved in the investigation team along with the CBI. After registering the case, a 10-member CBI team reached the accident site and conducted an investigation. They inspected the north, and south cabin, signal room, and operating system, and recorded data of Bazar Station. The investigation team also interrogated the station master and other railway employees.

Worth mentioning, 275 people were killed while over 1,100 others were injured following a triple train mishap at Bahanaga railway station in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2.