The Centre on Thursday appointed Jaya Verma Sinha as the first woman CEO and Chairperson of the Railway Board in the 105 year old Ministry of Railways.
Jaya was at the centrestage of the railways’ media interactions recently when, as the Member (Operations and Business Development), she
The train incidentally had met with accidents twice on the country's Independence Day. Out of 10 mishaps the train faced so far, five occurred in Odisha alone.
While interacting with the media, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she got information that the death toll in the Odisha train accident might exceed 500, to which, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishaw intervened immediately and said the death toll is 238.