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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday urged fellow MPs to donate a part of their salary to help the families of the victims of the “heartbreaking” Odisha train accident. On his official Twitter account, he said that the families should first get support and then justice. The Lok Sabha MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh also said that people will have to stand like a rock with the bereaved families.
In a tweet in Hindi, Varun Gandhi said, “I request all fellow MPs that we all come forward and donate a part of our salary to help these bereaved families.”
Orissa train accident is heart breaking!
The families who are troubled by this accident, we have to stand like a rock with them.
All my fellow MPs are requested to come forward to help the bereaved families by donating a part of their salary.
First they get support, then justice.
– Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) June 3, 2023
Odisha train accident: Death toll rises to 288
So far 288 people have died and over 1,100 have been injured in three train accidents in Odisha’s Balasore district. The accident between the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, carrying around 2,500 passengers, and a goods train took place around 7 pm on Friday near Bahanga Bazar station in Balasore, around 250 km from Kolkata. km south and 170 km away. north of Bhubaneswar.
Twenty-one coaches were derailed and severely damaged in the accident, trapping hundreds of passengers. Both the passenger trains were running at high speed and this has been cited by experts as one of the main reasons for the high number of casualties.
The rescue operation was called off on Saturday afternoon and restoration work began. More than 150 trains were cancelled, diverted or short-terminated due to traffic disruption on this route.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a signal was given to the Coromandel Express to enter the main line but it was removed and the train entered the loop line and collided with a stationary goods train.
The Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, which was coming at high speed, rammed into the coaches of the Coromandel Express, which were scattered on the adjacent track.
Questions were raised on why the train’s anti-collision system ‘Kavach’ was not working, with the Railways saying it was not available on the route.
