Bahanaga Train Tragedy: KIIT to Provide Job & Education to Victims’ Families of Odisha

Bhubaneswar: KIIT Deemed to be University will provide employment to one of the family members and free education to children who lost their parents in the Balasore tragic train accident. 

Informing the media here in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, of KIIT & KISS said, “We can’t reduce the sorrow of the family members of those who died in the train accident, but we will try our level best to support them. We will try to support the victims’ families by offering a job to one member from each family at KIIT and KISS as per their eligibility and provide free education to their kids at KIIT and KISS as per their eligibility from standard one up to higher level. We will inform them how to apply for the job as well as free education”. 

KIIT has always come forward and extended humanitarian services during any ill-disposed period. During COVID-19 also, KIIT came forward to support hundreds of students who had lost their parents in the pandemic by giving free education, and jobs to the family members of the Covid disease, and helping common people through various means. Now, KIIT has come forward to help and support the victims of the train accident. 

The Odisha train accident in Bahanaga, Balasore was the deadliest train crash in decades in India, where out of 288 total deaths, 39 are from Odisha. “We thank and praise the effort of the local people for their immediate response in saving the lives of the people. Also, the effort of Govt. of Odisha under the leadership of Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister saved the lives of thousands of people in the accident. KIIT & KISS pray for the departed souls of the people who died in the accident and convey sympathy to the family members. This support will provide assistance to the families of the victims and ensure a brighter future for their children”, said, Dr. Samanta.