A five-member team, including a doctor, reached Odisha’s Balasore on Sunday to assist those from Jharkhand, who were injured in the triple train accident there, for their treatment. The team has so far found more than dozen people from Jharkhand were injured and two killed in the train crash, an official said.
The injured are getting treatment at various hospitals in Odisha, but for proper treatment and cooperation, a team of doctors and officials have reached Balasore from the state. This team includes Dr. Ajit Kumar, Surgeon of Sadar Hospital Ranchi, Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Rahul Kumar Sinha, Labor Secretary Rajesh Sharma and two other persons.
Earlier, CM Hemant Soren tweeted that a team of Jharkhand government officials and doctors would leave for Odisha in the morning by helicopter. According to the information received in the train accident in Balasore, Odisha, the team will meet the passengers of Jharkhand and provide them all possible help.
At least 288 people have died in the horrific train mishap that occurred in Odisha's Balasore on Friday. The accident involving three trains - Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train - is one of the worst railway tragedies in the country.
Visuals from the accident site showed coaches on top of each other and twisted steel, with passengers' belongings strewn all over. Lines of bodies were collected by rescue workers and more were being extricated from the wreckage. More than 800 people were injured in the accident, officials said, adding that most of them have been admitted to various hospitals in Balasore.
More than one and a half dozen people of Jharkhand were also injured in the accident. Of the injured, 13 are from East Singhbhum alone. There are three from Godda and one from Pakur. There is also information about injuries to many people of Dumka. All the people have been admitted to different hospitals where they are undergoing treatment. The three people from Godda who were injured are Mithun Pandit, Rajeev Pandit and Mukesh Pandit. All three had left the village on Wednesday in search of work together and were going to Chennai by the same train.
The helpline number has been issued by the Ranchi Railway Division. Helpline numbers have been activated by Ranchi Railway Division at Ranchi and Hatia railway stations. From where information can be obtained. The helpline number are 06512787260, 06512787070 and mobile helpline number 9835921950 of Ranchi Railway Station. Apart from this, information related to the train accident by contacting the helpline number 06512600091 and 06512788888 and mobile number 9431351063 of Hatia station.
The injured includes Mukesh Pandit, Rajiv Pandit and Mithun Kumar Pandit from Godda.
16 laborers are injured from Dumka. Around 18 people had boarded the train. Two people are missing. The injured workers of Dumka include Sitaram Kumar, Hariyar Kumar, Jogendra Kumar, Lalmohan Kumar, Surendra Marik, Arvind Raut, Lakhan Manjhi, Pramod Raut, Bhola Raut, Sukhlal Marandi, Munshi Kisku, Merulal Marandi, Deveshwar Marandi, Nayaki Tudu.
Six laborers here have been injured. The injured include Sonu Polay, Ravi Deori, Gura Polai, Ravi Rawat, Sandhya Karmakar and Sukhraj Karmakar.
Kundan Kumar Thakur and Jitan Kumar Thakur of Kusumbha-Gandey of Giridih district are also injured. Bhulten Turi of Gandey's GNpur and Rajendra Sao of Lohri are also injured. Harshit Prasad Gupta of Sahebganj is also injured.
The Railways Ministry has ordered a high-level probe into how the accident happened. The ministry has announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the families of those who have died, and Rs 2 lakh for those seriously injured. PM Modi has also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the family of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured from the PM's National Relief Fund (PMNRF).