Odisha Train Accident: Helpdesk set up at Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation to assist victims

In order to aid the victims of the train accident in Balasore, Odisha, a support center has been established at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. The assistance desk, located at BMC-ICOMC tower in Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar, aims to assist the family members, friends, and relatives of the deceased, as well as individuals who are stranded as a result of this tragic incident.

"Odisha Train Accident HelpLine: 1929 A Help Desk under the supervision of senior officers has been created in @bmcbbsr office in Bhubaneswar for extending assistance to the relatives of the victims of the train accident," I and PR Department, Odisha said in a tweet.

"A helpline no: 1929 has also been started for this purpose," the department said.


In the wake of the Balasore train accident in Odisha, the Ministry of Railways on Saturday issued helpline numbers for the assistance of people.

The helpline number was issued for people of Howrah, Kharagpur, Balasore, Shalimar, Santragachi, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar and Khurda Road.

On Saturday, a help desk has been set up at Bengaluru's Yeshwanthpur railway station to provide assistance to train accident victims in Odisha's Balasore.

Here is a summarized list of helpline numbers for the Odisha triple train crash:

RailMadad, Helpline, State and Railways Control Room Numbers

• West Bengal government's emergency control room number: 033- 22143526/ 22535185.
• RailMadad helpline: 044- 25354771.
• Howrah station helpline number: 033 – 26382217
• Kharagpur station helpline numbers: - 8972073925, 9332392339
• Balasore station helpline number: 8249591559, 7978418322
• Shalimar station helpline number: 9903370746
• Odisha government's helpline number : 06782-262286.
• Chennai Railway station helpline number: 044- 25330952
• Santragachi Helpline number : 8109289460 & 8340649469
• Bhadrak Helpline number: 7894099579 & 9337116373
• Jajpur Keonjhar Road Helpline number: 9676974398
• Cuttack Helpline number: 8455889917
• Bhubaneswar Helpline number: 06742534027
• Khurda Road Helpline number: 6370108046 & 06742492245

The Balasore train accident where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved, leaving 288 passengers dead and injuring over 1,000 people.

The preliminary report on the tragedy said the three-way accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and goods train on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district. As many as 17 coaches of these two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged in the accident on Friday evening.

Inputs from ANI