Updated On: 29 June, 2023 08:59 AM IST | Bhubaneswar | Agencies
They continue to wait for the bodies of their loved ones, almost four weeks after the deadly accident that claimed nearly 300 lives

Hospital staff carry a victim’s coffin from the mortuary of AIIMS hospital in Bhubaneswar. File pic/AFP
There is no end to the misery and anguish of the family of those killed in the Odisha train accident on June 2. They continue to wait for the bodies of their loved ones, almost four weeks after the deadly accident that claimed nearly 300 lives.
Basanti Devi from Bari-Ballia village in Bihar’s Begusarai district has been camping in a guest house located at an isolated area near AIIMS since the past 10 days. “I’m here for my husband Yogendra Paswan, a contract labourer. He was killed in the accident at Bahanaga Bazar while returning home in the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express,” she said as tear rolled down her cheeks.