Odisha school where crash victims' remains were kept was demolished in a video

New Delhi: Today, a government-run school that served as a temporary mortuary for the victims of the Odisha railway tragedy was destroyed.
After the triple train catastrophe that killed 288 people, the students of the government-run Bahanaga High School in Balasore were reluctant to return to their courses in the structure because it had served as a temporary mortuary.

Many kids and parents were unwilling to return to the old school building, so the school management committee begged the state government to tear it down. The committee had said that the structure was no longer secure and that the incident had traumatised the children and their parents.

Shrouded bodies were taken to the 65-year-old school building shortly after the June 2 train collision.

Pramila Swain, the headmistress of Bahanaga High School, was quoted by the news agency PTI as saying, "Younger children are afraid."

The school would "do spiritual programmes and follow some rituals to assist people overcome their concerns," Ms. Swain continued.

According to the headmistress, some senior pupils and NCC cadets from the school even participated in the rescue efforts after the train tragedy.

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As he visited the school yesterday, Balasore District Collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde remarked, "I have interacted with the headmistress, other staff members, locals, and members of the school management committee. They want to remove the outdated structure and renovate it so that students won't be intimidated or afraid to come to class."

The terrible collision on June 2 left over 1,100 people injured and 288 dead. The collision hampered the flow of both passenger and goods trains along the congested track. Late Sunday night, 51 hours after the collision, train traffic resumed.