🌍 President Cyril Ramaphosa sends condolences to India 🙏 following a tragic train crash in Odisha. More than 250 lives were lost, and countless were injured. Read more on TheCitizenNews ⬇️
Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from the carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, in India's eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023. Picture: AFP
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to the government and people of India following a horrific train crash in Odisha that killed more than 250 people and injured hundreds more.in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years.
Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where some carriages had been tossed far from the tracks and others flipped over entirely.Smashed train compartments were torn open in the impact late on Friday, leaving blood-stained holes in their sides.On Saturday, the Presidency said Ramaphosa had sent a message of condolences to the government of India and the families of the victims of the tragic train accident.
“President Ramaphosa added that the thoughts of the South African people are with the people of India, particularly the affected families, during this time of mourning,” Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said in aMagwenya said South Africa and India enjoy strong historical, political, diplomatic, economic and people-to-people relations. The two countries established full diplomatic relations in 1993.
“South Africa and India share several common interests, including the reform of the United Nations and Bretton Woods institutions. The two countries also cooperate in a number of multi-lateral forums, includingMeanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site and injured passengers being treated in hospital on Saturday.“It’s a sad moment,” he told state broadcaster Doordarshan. “I pray that we get out of this sad moment as soon as possible.
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