According to RIA Novosti, citing data from various Indian media, the tragedy of June 6, 1981, when a passenger train in the state of Bihar fell into the water, became the largest in India. Then about 750 people died.

In second place is the collision of two passenger trains in 1995, when 358 people died.

According to the Hindustan Times, as a result of the accident in the Indian state of Odisha, at least 294 people died, more than 1 thousand were injured.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to punish all those responsible for the train crash in India.

It was also reported that Russian leader Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Modi in connection with the death of people in a train accident.