Students scared to join school where bodies of Balasore train accident victims were kept
Millennium Post Delhi|June 09, 2023
Such is the reluctance of young students and their parents that the school management committee has pleaded with state government to demolish the building as it is old
Students scared to join school where bodies of Balasore train accident victims were kept

BALASORE: Students of Bahanaga High School in Odisha are scared to return to their classes in the building which was turned into a temporary morgue after the triple train crash which killed 288 passengers.

Soon after the crash on June 2, shrouded bodies were carted to this 65-year-old school building.

Such is the reluctance of the young students and their parents to come back to a building associated with tragic mass death that the school management committee (SMC) has pleaded with the state government to demolish the building as it is old.

“Younger students are scared,” admitted Bahanaga High School Headmistress Pramila Swain, adding that the school planned to “conduct spiritual programmes and follow some rituals to help them overcome their fears.”

She said some senior students and NCC cadets from the school had even joined the rescue work.

This story is from the June 09, 2023 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.

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