Train no. 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandal Express and Train no. 12864 SMVB – HWH Superfast Express got derailed near BahanagaBazaar Railway station at around 18.55 Hrs on 02.06.2023.
Immediately Accident Relief train, SPARME, ART was ordered from Kharagpur, Balasore & Santragachi.
SPARMV KGP was ordered at 19.02 hrs and left KGP at 19.23 hrs.
ART/MFD was ordered at the same time and left KGP at 19.36 Hrs.
ARME Bhadrak departed at 19.25 hrs, ART Bhadrak departed at 20.20 hrs, KHURDA SPARME departed at 20.35 hrs and Khurda ART departed at 21.48 hrs.
Rescue operations are being carried out at a war footing scale. The NDRF team, Medical team, and Ambulances are at the accident site.
As of now, 02 numbers of casualties reported due to the tragic accident, and 04 injured persons were hospitalized in the nearby hospital. Minorly injured passengers are being shifted to the Balasore, Khantapara, Soro, and Gopalpur Health units on priority.
Helpdesk are open at Howrah, Santragachi, Shalimar, Kharagpur, and Balasore.
Helpline Numbers :
HWH: 033-2638227
KGP: 8972073925, 9332392339
BLS: 8249591559, 7978418322, 8585039521
SHM: 9903370746
SRC: 8109289460, 8340649469
Railway staff and officials are present at the accident site and rescue operations are going on at utmost priority.
Helpline numbers set up by South Western Railway(SWR) at
Bangalore 080-22356409
Bangarpet: 08153 255253
Kuppam : 8431403419
SMVB : 09606005129
KJM :+91 88612 03980
