On Monday, Indian Railways resumed passenger trains on the railway tracks affected by the accident.
UPDATE – Mon 05 Jun 23 10:44 AM
Balasore: On Monday, Indian Railways has started running passenger trains on the track in Bahanaga village, Balasore, Odisha, which was affected by the accident of three trains.
Indian Railways on Monday resumed passenger trains on the tracks of a route affected by the accidents following a chain of train accidents in Balasore, Odisha state, that killed 275 people and injured more than 1,000.
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waved to staff of a freight train and prayed for a safe journey on Sunday as services resumed 51 hours after the train crash in Balasore.
“Services have resumed on both tracks. Normal train services on both lines have now resumed 51 hours after the accident,” said Ashwini Vaishnaw.
On Sunday, Vaishnaw said the accident occurred due to “a change in the electronic interlock”.
An electronic interlock is an arrangement of signaling equipment that prevents conflicting movements between trains through a track arrangement. It’s basically a safety measure that prevents signals from changing in an incorrect order. The purpose of the system is that no train will be signaled to continue unless the route is proven safe.
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating the tragic Odisha train accident that killed 275 people and injured more than 1,000.
“The way this accident happened, it depends on the circumstances and based on the administrative information. The Railway Board has recommended that the CBI investigate,” Vaishnaw added.
The incident happened around 7pm on June 2 near Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district. It involves the Bengaluru-Howrah Express and the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express – as well as a freight train.
