Odisha Train Accident: NDRF ends rescue operation, withdraws all 9 teams

Officials confirmed that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) concluded its rescue operation at the site of the triple train accident in Balasore district, Odisha. All nine NDRF teams that were deployed since the June 2 accident have been withdrawn. During their operation, the NDRF successfully rescued 44 individuals and recovered 121 bodies from the scene of the tragedy.

The operation has ended and all nine teams have now been withdrawn as there are no live or dead victims present at the accident site near the Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station. Eight teams were relieved on Sunday, while one was drawn out on Monday, they reported.

The nine teams had joined the personnel of state disaster forces and the local administration to undertake rescue and relief operations after they were sent in from Balasore, Mundali (Cuttack district) and Kolkata.


The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescuers carried heavy plasma and gas cutters, lifting pads, stretchers, canine teams and other equipment to undertake the operation.

The Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express entered the wrong track and hit a stationary goods train on Friday. Its coaches got scattered all around, including on an adjoining track and another passenger train -- Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express -- coming at a high speed rammed into them and derailed.

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