The independent inquiry report submitted by the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) to the Railway Board said notwithstanding the lapses in signalling work, remedial actions could have been taken by the S&T staff if repeated unusual behaviour of switches connecting two parallel tracks were reported to them by the station manager of Bahanaga Bazar, the spot of the accident.
Out of 81 dead bodies preserved at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, DNA test reports of 29 have arrived and so far, 19 dead bodies were handed over to the respective families.