Images from the crash site showed smashed train compartments torn open with blood-stained holes near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha. “The rescue work is still going on,” he told AFP from the accident site, adding there were “a lot of serious injuries”. – Crowded wards –With so many injured, the injured were carried by both ambulances and buses to any hospital that had space. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “distressed by the train accident”. Vaishnaw said that he was rushing to the accident site, with rescue teams including the National Disaster Response Force and air force working frantically.

Source: Punch June 03, 2023 07:52 UTC