Balasore train accident: Bhubaneswar municipal corp to dispose of 28 unclaimed bodies

Four months after the triple train accident that claimed 297 lives in Odishas Balasore district the authorities of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation BMC have initiated a process of disposing of 28 unidentified bodies an official saidThe civic body issued a standard operating procedure for scientifically disposing of the remains of the 28 people whose rightful claimants were not found he saidWe have issued an SOP for the scientific disposal of the unclaimed bodies of those who were killed in the triple train accident The bodies will be handed over to the corporation in the presence of CBI officials and we are planning for the cremation on Tuesday BMC Mayor Sulochana Das told reporters hereSources said the BMC initiated the process after the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI which has been probing the train accident wrote to the Khurda district collector requesting him for the disposal of the bodies in a scientific mannerThe bodies were kept in the AIIMS Bhubaneswar since the accident occurred in JuneThe BMC will make arrangements for smooth transportation of the bodies from AIIMS to the cremation grounds at Satyanagar and Bharatpur in the city another official saidAIIMS Bhubaneswar director will officially hand over the bodies to the BMC health officer following the existing rules and guidelines of the state the Centre and the National Human Rights Commission for cremation of the bodies he saidThe entire process will be videographed according to the SOP issued by the BMCThe AIIMS Bhubaneswar had received 162 bodies and 81 of them were handed over to the family members of the deceased in the first phaseLater another 53 bodies were given to the family members following DNA tests but the remains of 28 others have been unclaimed the official saidThe bodies were kept in at least five deep freezer containers procured from the Paradip Port TrustThe ShalimarChennai Central Coromandel Express BengaluruHowrah Super Fast Express and a goods train were involved in the accidentThe Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train derailing most of its coaches around 7 pm on June 2 near the Bahanaga Bazar stationA few coaches of the Coromandel Express whiplashed the last few coaches of the BengaluruHowrah Express which was passing by at the same timeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever