bhubaneswar the state government has decided to document its massive rescue operations in the aftermath of the triple train tragedy near bahanaga bazar railway station in balasore district on june 2 which killed 288 passengers and injured over 1200 we will document the governments response and rescue operations for future reference this will help us prepare further in facing similar disasters in future the documentation will highlight planning coordination and execution of the massive operation a team of officers will contact all stakeholders who were involved in the operations for preparation of the documentation said an official of odisha state disaster management authority osdma the team is scheduled to meet personnel of different departments and agencies like fire service odisha disaster rapid action force odraf national disaster response force ndrf police railway protection force rpf doctors nurses and other healthcare staff survivors blood donors people of bahanaga and volunteers of different ngos in phases in the coming days for compilation of the documenteven though our disaster management model was appreciated on the national and global platforms in the past handling a train mishap of unimaginable intensity was a new learning experience for us thanks to our past experience in dealing with natural disasters we managed to save hundreds of lives the official said over 4000 passengers were travelling in the shalimarchennai coromandel express and smvphowrah superfast express the coromandel express collided with a stationary goods train on the loop line and derailed the derailed coaches veered off the track and hit the tail end of the howrahbound train which was crossing a parallel line the bahanaga triple train accident was the worst disaster odisha has faced in the last two decades after the super cyclone in 1999 which had claimed over 10000 lives