New Delhi: There is no shadow anywhere in the scorching heat. Rows of bodies wrapped in white cloth lay on the uprooted train tracks. Next to it is the engine of the Karmandal Express, which is dangerously high on the goods train. If you look to the left from the sloping place of the train line, you can see a small town. The name of this place is Bahanaga. It is about 25 km from Balasore station. It is safe to say that Bahanagai is the nearest village to the accident site. Had he not fled the village on Friday night, many more would have died.
I took a step or two forward and reached the village beyond the crowd. There is no way to understand that a terrible train accident has happened a short distance away. The sound of the wind on the leaves of the trees on a summer afternoon. Sushmita Soren and Sushree Tanmay Das live in this village. These two saved the driver of the train.
