Days after five top officials of South Eastern Railways (SER) were transferred in the Odisha triple train tragedy, the General Manager of SER, Archana Joshi has been sacked from her post. Anil Kumar Mishra to take charge as SERs General Manager The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has given the responsibility to Anil Kumar Mishra to take over the charge as the General Manager of the South Eastern Railways. In the official statement by Indian Railways, it said, “South Eastern Railways General Manager Archana Joshi removed from her post after the Balasore train accident. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approves Anil Kumar Mishra to become the new General Manager of South Eastern Railway.”5 top officials were transferred as a fallout of a Triple Train crash Last month, five top officials of the SER were also transferred, including those responsible for operations, safety, and signalling. The decision was taken as a fallout of one of the deadliest train accidents that happened in Odishas Balasore. Speaking to the media, railway spokesperson Amitabh Sharma reiterated that the transfer of the top five railway officials was routine.Marking as the first major action following the tragedy, SER zones additional general manager, Atulya Sinha, was transferred nearly a fortnight after the accident. Even then, the officials called the transfer a routine.The tragic incident that happened on June 2, involved the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, the Howrah-bound Shalimar Express, and a goods train, which claimed the lives of over 290 people, and 1000 people were injured. 52 bodies still not identified at AIIMS BhubaneshwarMeanwhile, out of the deceased, almost 52 bodies are yet to be identified at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneshwar after the Odisha train tragedy. Mayor of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Sulochna Das told the news agency ANI, “There are 81 bodies at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, and we have sent their samples for DNA testing due to multiple claims for a single body. Out of that, the confirmation for 29 samples has been received, and their relatives/claimants have been informed.”
