Over 1,500 passengers stuck at Byappanahalli Rly stn in Bengaluru following Odisha train mishap
Bengaluru, Jun 4: More than 1,500 passengers including a large number of labourers are stranded at the Byappanahalli Railway Station here due to the cancelled trains as a fallout of the train derailment in Odisha.
With a big crisis unfolding at the Byappanahalli, the labour department and the Bengaluru civic agency on Sunday arranged food, water and mobile toilets for the passengers stuck at the railway station.
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On the directions of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the government departments joined hands to provide basic facilities including food and water to the stranded labourers and passengers whose trains to Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and other north-eastern states have been cancelled.
Various social organisations too joined to serve the passengers stuck at the railway station.
ಒಡಿಶಾದಲ್ಲಿ ರೈಲು ದುರಂತ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರೈಲು ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಯ ಉಂಟಾಗಿ ಬೈಯಪ್ಪನಹಳ್ಳಿ ರೈಲು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಶ್ರಯ ಪಡೆದಿರುವ ಸುಮಾರು 1500 ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರಿಗೆ ಆಹಾರ, ಕುಡಿಯುವ ನೀರು, ಸಂಚಾರಿ ಶೌಚಾಲಯ ಹಾಗೂ ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯವನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆರವಿಗೆ ನಿಂತಿದ್ದೇವೆ.… pic.twitter.com/Y4rIMF1SU8
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Man killed in flat ceiling plaster crash, wife and son hurt
Thane (PTI): A 45-year-old man was killed, and his wife and son were injured when a portion of plaster from the ceiling collapsed in their flat in a seven-storey building in Thane on Saturday, officials said.
Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said the 16-year-old building is not listed in the "dangerous" category.
"The incident occurred in Karumdev Society at about 3 am. The plaster of the hall in a flat on the terrace floor suddenly fell while the occupants were asleep", he said.
Of the four people who were inside the room, two suffered minor injuries and were discharged after primary treatment, Tadvi stated.
The injured persons were identified as Arpita More (42), who suffered minor head injuries, and her son Arush More (16), who sustained injuries to both legs.
Manoj More (45), who sustained chest injuries, died during treatment at a private hospital.
