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PM Narendra Modi to visit site of train accident in Odisha as toll nears 300

New Delhi: There has been a terrible train accident in Balasore, Odisha. According to sources, the news is coming that PM Modi will go to Odisha today. 

    PM Modi will first visit the accident site in Balasore and then visit the hospital in Cuttack where he will meet the injured and know their well-being. 
Several coaches of the Coromandel Express derailed in Balasore on Friday evening, after which it collided with another train coming from the opposite direction on the second line
Around 300 people died in this accident. While more than 900 have been injured. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting to review the situation regarding the train accident in Odisha. Government sources gave this information on Saturday. Officials in Bhubaneswar said 200 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile health units were working at the accident site besides 1,200 personnel.