Patna (IANS) | At least 288 people have died in the Odisha train accident. Seven people are from Bihar among those who died. Apart from this, 36 other people from Bihar have been injured and six are said to be missing. Of the seven deaths, three are from Madhubani district, two from Jamui district, one from Nawada and one from East Champaran district. Among the injured, 11 are from East Champaran, nine from Madhubani, six from Nawada, five from Begusarai and five from Jamui.
So far six persons have been reported missing from Madhubani, two from West Champaran, one each from Jamui and Bihar Sharif. The relatives of the missing and injured have left for Balasore.
The Bihar government has sent a team of senior officers to Odisha to provide assistance to the injured, trace the missing and make arrangements to bring back the bodies.
The team will also facilitate other modes of transport to bring the injured back home. The Bihar government has arranged buses to bring back 24 people from Araria, two from Kishanganj, nine from Darbhanga, three from Samastipur and two from Sitamarhi district.
–IANS
