Balasore, 3/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the train accident site in Odisha’s Balasore and said those responsible “will be severely punished”. The government is standing with those who lost their family members in the tragedy, he said. At least 261 people were killed and 900 injured in the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade.
“I don’t have words to express my sorrow. The government will do everything to help those injured. If anyone is found responsible for the accident, they will be severely punished,” he said.
PM Modi landed in an Air Force chopper near the site of the incident at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district, about 170 km north of Bhubaneswar. He visited the injured at the Balasore District Hospital to meet the crash survivors. The PM was seen inspecting the site with fellow cabinet colleagues, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
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