130 days after Odisha train tragedy, cremation of unclaimed bodies begins

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Wednesday completed the process of cremation of 28 unclaimed bodies of people who were killed in the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore district four months ago. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Mayor Sulochana Das said that the process of cremation of unidentified bodies of the train accident which began on Tuesday evening was completed at about 8 am on Wednesday, as reported by the news agency PTI.

Das said women volunteers actively participated in the funeral. "Women volunteers notwithstanding any stigma came forward and lit funeral pyres of the bodies. They even do not know the religion of the deceased persons or whether the bodies were males or females," the Mayor said, as quoted by PTI.

The bodies had turned ice in the container where they were preserved for above four months, Das said. She added that all the bodies were cremated at the Bharatpur crematorium by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.