Coromandel Express Accident: 288 Dead so far, 382 Under Treatment and 793 discharged; PM said those found guilty won't be spared; Mamata vs Ashwini Vaishnaw on Anti-Collision Device Technique
Coromandel Express Accident: 288 Dead, 382 Under Treatment and 793 discharged; PM said those are responsible would not be spared; Mamata vs Ashwini Vaishnaw on Anti-Collision Device Technique
As by now, the entire nation is shaken by the tragic train incident occurred on Friday (2nd June 2023) evening between 6:30 PM to 7 PM, where three trains were involved. Everybody is watching this news to know how many are found dead, how many are still under treatment, how many returned home, what are the action items taken so far and what is to be done next.
As per the information received, so far 288 people are declared as dead, and 382 people are still under medical treatment in different hospitals and 793 passengers are already discharged from the hospital. some of the family members came to see them and some have returned to their home as well. Everyone is on tears.
Many have lost their sons/daughters/parents/relatives/wives/husbands etc where as a few are happy because of their family members have come safely. Many are still trying to search and identify their family members, some are showing their relatives photos with intention of getting them.
Still the rescue operation is going on and people are expecting some more dead bodies could be still there. Even local people are also still searching for the dead bodies. Many local people gave blood in the hospitals. They recovered the people from this accident area without any help from anyone, which is a commendable job. They also consoled the injured, provided food and water and even called their family members about their whereabouts and conditions like godsends.
As per the latest information by a passenger from Coromandel Express, below was the incident scenario:
"Coromandel Express was on high speed like over 100 to 110 km/hr and they were at the end of the coaches travelling from Howrah to Chennai. All of a sudden, near Bahanaga Railway station, they felt a huge jerk and sound. When they came out of that, they saw many coaches of the train are not on the track rather scattered here and there. People were screaming for help, water etc.. They got to know that while coming from Howrah side, near by this station, there was a side track towards a different platform, where a goods train was already standing.
But Coromandel train didn't run in its track, rather it took the diversion towards the other platform where the goods train was halted. So, this passenger train hit the engine of the Goods train, which immediately started going on the air and around 15 coaches were derailed immediately and scattered here and there. At the same time, Yeshwanthpur to Howrah Train was also crossing the same railway station.
Due to this accident on the other platform, around 1-2 coaches of Coromandel express also hit the last 2-3 coaches of Yeshwanthpur-Howrah train and they were detailed too. This entire sequence of hitting with one another and people suffering, stuck inside the train along with dead bodies, rescue operation was so heart wrenching and terrifying".
Another passenger said, "He was sitting on the train, and a few were standing near by the gate". When the incident happened, they started feeling that the train was going out of the track and saw that the people who were standing near the gate died and they were hit badly by the seats and with each other".
Dead bodies are kept in different places. Around 160 dead bodies are yet to be identified and the rest dead bodies are identified by their family members.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visit to the site:
To understand this tragic situation Prime Minister came to the accident site and then he went to the SCB Medical college and hospitals to meet the patients. He discussed with the patients and wished them to get well soon. He talked with the Doctors and nurses on the arrangements and facilities for treatment. He thanked the local people of Bahanaga.
He said "This is a serious and painful incident. Govt will do the treatment of the injured people and there are instruction give to probe every angle of the incident. Whoever is found guilty will be punished severely. Railway is working on the track restoration. "
Mamata vs Ashwini Vaishnaw Face Off
There are many people from West Bengal who were injured. WB CM Mamata Banarjee also came to the accident site. Even the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also reached to the accident site to review the situation. Mamata then engaged with Ashwini on face off on the site related to accident.
She said the death number might be more than 500 but after hearing that a railway official standing next to her opposed to her by saying the death number is 233 so far. Ashini also confied the same to her and when she said that many are stranded in Soro and Balasore stations, then Mr. Vaishnaw said shuttlers have been operating between Soro and Balasore stations to carry passengers and no passengers are stranded in any station.He further said that it is not the time to do the politics.
Mamata said if there would be Anti-collision device or technique, then this incident could have been avoided.
Ministry of Railways spokesperson Amitabh Sharma on anti-collision device said that:
Anti-collision device was an old technology used in Railways. It used to work with automatic brakes in locomotive proximity. However, if the driver crossed the red signal, then there were no automatic brakes. The enhanced version of this technology, TCAS, was designed indigenously. Work is being done with regard to this, and it has been rolled out nationwide. It has also been sanctioned in various railway lines, and we are expecting to have it installed by 2024"
Package Declared:
The railway ministry has announced Rs. 10 lakh package for the deads, Rs. 2 lakh to those severely injured, and Rs. 50,000 to those with minor injuries.
Condolences and Wishes from Different PMs and Presidents:
Many prime ministers and presidents of different countries have tweeted and expressed their condolences for the victims and their families and wished for speedy recovery of the injured passengers.
Tomorrow, central health minister will visit Odisha.
It is said that the due to signal issue, this incident happened, and it is mostly due to human error.
We have published a couple of articles earlier on this incident, which you can find those details in the below links:
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