Naveen Patnaik condoles loss of lives in Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailment, sends Chief Secy/DGP to Rayagada

Patnaik, who held a review meeting with senior officials, also spoke to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu and requested him to provide all support to the train mishap victims.

“I am deeply saddened over the mishap… My government is extending all support as far as the accident is concerned,” he said after the review meeting.

“I have instructed the chief secretary, the DGP and the health secretary to fly at once to Rayagada. I have just spoken to the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh to extend all support,” Patnaik said.

“My deepest condolences to the families of those who died in the accident,” the Chief Minister said.