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PM Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting on the Odisha accident involving one goods and two passenger trains. Earlier, he had announced a compensation of ₹2 lakh each for the families of the deceased and ₹50,000 each for those injured. Reports claimed he will visit the accident site in Balasore and meet injured people at a Cuttack hospital. short by Shalini Ojha / 12:26 pm on 03 Jun

Rescue workers used gas torches and electric cutters to cut through the derailed bogies and pull out survivors overnight after three trains collided in Odisha. Gas cutters were used to extricate the bodies from under the derailed coaches. Officials in Bhubaneswar said 200 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile health units were working at the site. short by Ankush Verma / 11:36 am on 03 Jun