Subhechcha Ganguly 
Before services restarted, both the up and down lines were tested, according to railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.On Monday, more over 51 hours after the triple train collision in Odisha’s Balasore, passenger trains began operations on the rebuilt lines, following wartime restoration work. As services on the up and down lines resumed late Sunday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waved to passengers and employees and prayed for their safety.
According to Vaishnaw, who spoke to ANI, the repair operations began quickly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered them.”Prime Minister Modi provided advice and instructions on the restoration of railway tracks.” “The entire team (involved in the restoration work) worked diligently and methodically to repair the damaged rails in order to resume service,” he said.Before services resumed, both lines were tested, according to the union minister. Vaishnaw had stated that the disaster occurred due of a “change in electronic interlocking.”When it was discovered that some bodies had been recorded more than once, the death toll from one of the worst train catastrophes in recent Indian history was lowered from 288 to 275, according to Odisha chief secretary Pradeep Jena.
“Of the 1,175 injured, 793 were discharged after treatment,” he continued.At Bahanaga Bazar station in the Balasore neighbourhood, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express, and a cargo train were on three different lines when the triple train catastrophe occurred.
