Coromandel Train Accident: West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee has reached Balasore in Odisha and she is taking stock of the accident site there. During this, he addressed a press conference along with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. During a conversation with the media, CM Mamta asked the railway minister standing nearby the reason for not having armor on this route.
CM Mamta had reached the site of the accident to take stock, and being Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and being home state, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was already present there, Ashwini Vaishnav received Mamta upon her arrival and took her to the spot. Sent senior railway officials with him to inspect.
Later, while addressing the media, both the leaders stood together and during this there was a slight spat between the Railway Minister and CM Mamta. Mamta Banerjee told the media, she is working in coordination with the Odisha government, she said, we have sent a doctor and an ambulance and it did not have an anti-collision device.
‘Whose life is lost, that life is now…’
The one who lost his life, that life will not be recovered, so now the focus should be on rescue. Targeting Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, he said, there is a lack of coordination in the Railways, in front of the camera there was a discussion between the Railway Minister and Mamata Banerjee regarding the figures of the dead and the rescue operation. CM Mamta Banerjee said that people are still trapped in three bogies, while the Railway Minister told this wrong and informed them that the Railways has finished its rescue operation.
Significantly, PM Modi has left for Balasore from the capital Delhi. He will reach there by 2:30 pm.
