Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on Saturday hours after a tragic triple train crash killed 238 people, while hundreds are admitted to the hospital in the state.
According to PMO sources, PM Modi will first visit the accident site and then go to the hospital where the victims are admitted.
PM Modi was earlier scheduled to flag off Goa's first Vande Bharat Express train today. After the tragedy in Odisha, the Vande Bharat event was cancelled.
PM Modi called a high-level meeting of the senior railway officials to take stock of the situation in Odisha.
Both the meeting and PM Modi's in-person review of the ground situation will take place on Saturday.