Odisha train accident: IRCTC denies Congress' claims, says ticket cancellations didn't rise
1 min read 06 Jun 2023, 04:23 PM ISTEarlier on Monday, former union minister and Congress leader Bhakta Charan Das claimed thousands of people have cancelled their tickets after the accident and said they were not feeling safe to travel.
PremiumThe Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) on 6 June denied Congress' claims where it said that thousands of Indians canceled their tickets following the unfortunate accident in Odisha. The IRCTC even termed it as factually incorrect.
Taking to Twitter, IRCTC wrote, “This is factually incorrect. Cancellations have not increased. On the contrary, cancellations have reduced from 7.7 Lakh on 01.06.23 to 7.5 Lakh on 03.06.23."
Earlier on Monday, former union minister and Congress leader Bhakta Charan Das claimed thousands of people have canceled their tickets after the accident and said they were not feeling safe to travel.
"Such a train accident has never happened in the past. Hundreds of people lost their lives and more than a thousand people were injured. This incident has hurt everyone. Thousands of people have canceled their tickets after the accident. They feel that traveling in the train is not safe," Das said, speaking in Hindi.
In the train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday, at least 275 died and over 1,000 were injured.
The accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express, and the goods train on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in the Balasore district. As many as 17 coaches of these two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged in the deadly accident.
The restoration work at the accident site for the regular movement of trains has been completed.
With agency inputs.
