The Ministry is in constant touch with the Embassy and is monitoring the situation

So far there is no information about injured Bulgarians in Friday’s train crash in the Indian state of Odisha, said the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry on Saturday, citing the Bulgarian Embassy in Delhi.

The Ministry is in constant touch with the Embassy and is monitoring the situation.

Earlier on Twitter, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry expressed condolences over the deadly train crash

At least 233 people have died and 900 are injured after two passenger trains and a goods train collided in the Indian state of Odisha, state chief secretary Pradeep Jena said on Twitter following the disaster on Friday.

The death toll is expected to rise as teams carry out a colossal rescue operation, Jena told a press conference.

Източник: BTA