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Hyderabad, June 9 : Just after the rescue work at the Odisha train crash site ended, the Indian Railways have begun the track restoration work at the Balasore accident site, hoping to restore train traffic through the route at least by Wednesday.
The Ministry of Railways took to Twitter to inform that officials are closely monitoring the restoration process at the accident site. "Restoration work is ongoing at war footing at the train accident site in Balasore, Odisha with 1000+ Manpower working tirelessly. At present, more than 7 Poclain Machines, 2 Accident Relief Trains, and 3-4 Railway and Road Cranes have been deployed for early restoration. Officials are closely monitoring the restoration process at the accident site," read the post.
Earlier, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw too had reiterated that the objective was to start operating train service through the sector in a normal way latest by Wednesday morning.
South Eastern Railway chief public relations officer Aditya Kumar told ANI that the capsized bogies have been removed. "Two bogies of goods train also have been removed…work of connecting track is going on from one side…will finish the work as soon as possible," he added.
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