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Breaking news LIVE, latest news updates: Days after the horrific triple train tragedy in Balasore, a goods train of a private company derailed in Odisha's Bargarh district, officials said on Monday. As per initial reports, five wagons of a goods train of a private company carrying limestone derailed near Mendhapali in Bargarh. The derailment happened in the early morning of Monday on the private railway line connecting Dungri Limestone Mines and the cement plant of ACC Bargarh.
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As per initial reports, five wagons of a goods train of a private company carrying limestone derailed near Mendhapali in Bargarh. The derailment happened in early morning Monday on the private railway line connecting Dungri Limestone Mines and cement plant of ACC Bargarh.
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Odisha train mishap | Triple train accident occurred due to a "change in electronic interlocking", says Railway Minister
Electronic interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements between trains through an arrangement of tracks. It is basically a safety measure to prevent signals from being changed in improper sequence. The aim of this system is that no train gets the signal to proceed unless the route is proven safe.
"This is a different issue. This is about Point Machine, electronic interlocking. The accident took place due to a change in electronic interlocking. Who did it and how it happened will become clear once the investigation reaches a logical end," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told news agency ANI on Sunday.
Odisha train accident | An accident involving two passenger trains, one goods train on Friday in Odisha's Balasore district claimed 275 lives, left more than 1,000 injured
The accident, which took place on the evening of Friday, involved a Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express train, a Coromandel Express train and a goods train on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in the Balasore district.
Odisha train accident update | Union ministers visit injured at SCB Medical College and Hospital
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya along with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Cabinet Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the injured victims of the triple train accident, in Cuttack on Sunday. According to officials, the Union ministers met the injured passengers at the Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
The ministers also held a meeting with doctors from AIIMS, Bhubaneswar as well as those from SCB Medical College and Hospital, informed officials.
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