Bhubaneswar, June 3 (UNI) The toll in the one of the deadliest train accidents in the country at Bahanaga in Balasore district rose to 233 on Saturday, said Odisha Chief Secretary P K Jena.
In a tweet, the Chief Secretary said ‘’death toll rises to 233 in the Balasore train accident".
As per the latest report, over 900 passengers have been rescued and admitted to different hospitals.
Meanwhile, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered a state mourning on Saturday. No state celebration would take place through the day.
Patnaik, Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan are scheduled to reach the accident site on Saturday morning and review the situation.
A technical team of the Railway made an aerial survey of the accident site early in the morning.
The Railway Minister has already ordered a high level inquiry into the accident.
The Chief Secretary said three trains were involved in the accident. - Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel express , Yeshawantpur -Howrah express and a goods train.
As many as 15 coaches and one engine got derailed or capsized in the mishap at around 7 PM.sources said after a collision with a goods train, 10 coaches of the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express capsized, while another coach and the engine derailed near Balasore and fell on the opposite track. After some time, the Howrah-bound Yeshwanthpur- Howrah Express dashed into those derailed coaches. As a result, two GS coaches and two bogies of that train derailed and capsized,
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