The Indian government attributes the train crash to signaling failure

Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said yesterday to the automatic signaling system as responsible for the collision of three trains that he left in the east of the country 275 dead – Indian authorities yesterday reduced the toll from 288 in the last tally, in which some bodies were counted twice because of the chaos caused by the Asian giant’s worst rail disaster of the 21st century – and nearly 900 injured, according to Ef. “The cause of the accident has been identified and those responsible have also been identified, currently our efforts are on.” focusing on the renovation» of railway linesadded the minister. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, said last Saturday from the scene that the culprits will be severely punished.

At least 275 people were killed and nearly 900 injured in the accident that occurred at 19:20 local time (1350 GMT) on Friday in Balasore district when a passenger train derailed and another train collided with it. A third freight train was also involved in the accident. After the search and rescue of possible survivors was completed yesterday and after the bodies were removed from the area, authorities continue to focus on re-establishing rail traffic at the crash site. “The 21 wagons that overturned and derailed have been separated. The area is now being cleared of axles, wheels and other components,” the Southeast Division of Indian Railways said in a statement. Indian authorities are already working on identify 275 deceasedmany of whom are barely recognizable, help relatives of the victims to the scene of the tragedy and pictures on the Internet.

The opposition demands resignations

For their part, the formations on opposition as the historic Congress Party (INC) demanded resignation of the Minister of Railways and pointed to a lack of budget for rail maintenance as the Indian government seeks to modernize the network with semi-fast trains.