Strangely, Coromandel Exp met most accidents in Odisha stretch

The Coromandel Express, country's one of the flagship super fast trains has resumed its journey on the tracks after the horrific 2 June Balasore tragedy, but, it seems, the authorities might have shilly-shallied, especially on the 370-km Odisha stretch, suggests records at the South Eastern Railway.

- KANCHAN SIDDIQUI

The train incidentally had met with accidents twice on the country's Independence Day. Out of 10 mishaps the train faced so far, five occurred in Odisha alone. The senior SE Railway officials, currently busy in restoration work at Balasore, however, are not fully aware of this 'strange' recurrence. The tracks laid in the stretch couldn't be blamed, neither the locos pulling the superfast train.

Aditya Chowdhury, chief public relations officer of SE Railway said, “The same tracks are being used by all the trains passing through the same stretch and the same set of equipment are working for all the trains here. So, it could be mere coincidence,” he said.