NEW DELHI, June 10: No train will halt at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district in Odisha, the site of the recent triple train accident in which 288 persons were killed and over 1,200 injured. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigating the train accident has sealed the Bahanaga station after seizing the log book, relay panel and equipment, a railway official said on Saturday.
After restoration of both the up and down line, at least seven trains, mostly local, were halting at Bahanaga Bazar station since the accident on June 2.
South Eastern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary told reporters that the CBI has sealed the station after seizing the log book, relay panel and other equipment. “The relay interlocking panel has been sealed prohibiting access of the staff to the signalling system, no passenger or goods train would stop at Bahanaga Bazar till further notice,” Choudhary told reporters.
Though around 170 trains pass through the Bahanaga Bazar Railway station every day, only passenger trains like Bhadrak-Balasore MEMU, Howrah Bhadrak Baghajatin Fast Passenger, Kharagpur Khurda road fast passenger, used to stop at the station for a minute. Of the 1,208 injured persons, the railways has already provided ex-gratia to 709 passengers, he said.
(Manas Dasgupta)
