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Odisha train crash: Tamil Nadu Police set up control rooms for info about victims

The Tamil Nadu Police have set up control rooms for people to contact and know the whereabouts of people known to them who are stranded in the unfortunate accident in Odisha’s Balasore.

One of the control rooms was set up at Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. MG Ramachandran Central Railway Station. “We have set up two control rooms, one on the 10th floor of the MMC building and the other on this platform. Our business is to facilitate the people, to meet them, to contact the injured passengers, and to know about them. We are in touch with Odisha police, the Government Railway Police (GRP), and the Railway Protection Force (RPF),” said SP V Ponram.

The accident involved two passenger trains—the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express, and a goods train—on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district.

Seventeen coaches of the passenger trains have been derailment and severely damaged in the accident that took place on Friday evening. According to the preliminary report by the State Emergency Operation Centre, over 900 people have been injured. The toll rose from 238 to 261, according to the report.

Priyank Chandram

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