Mamata monitoring situation personally following Coromandel Express accident
Kolkata, June 2 : Expressing her shock to know that the Shalimar-Coromandel express, carrying passengers from West Bengal collided with a goods train near Balasore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday informed that she was monitoring the situation continually personally with the Chief Secretary and other senior officers. Banerjee said, ” Shocked to know that the Shalimar- Coromandel express, carrying passengers from West Bengal, collided with a goods train near Balasore today evening and some of our outbound people have been seriously affected/ injured. ” ” We are coordinating with Odisha government and South Eastern Railways for our people’s sake. Our emergency control room has been activated at once with numbers 033- 22143526/ 22535185,” she informed. ” All out efforts for rescue, retrieval, aid and assistance initiated. We are sending a 5- 6 members team to the spot to cooperate with the Odisha government and railway authorities and to assist rescue operations, ” Banerjee stated. ” I am monitoring the situation continually personally with Chief Secretary and other senior officers, ” the Chief Minister further informed. The West Bengal Government is also sendi
