The 36 bodies were cremated in batches at a ground near Shitla Mata Temple here in the presence of officials of the state government and family members of the deceased.
Forty of the 59 people killed in the gruesome train accident in Amritsar on Friday have been identified so far and the bodies 36 people have been creamated, the officials said.
The bodies of four other persons, who belonged to Uttar Pradesh, have been sent to their home towns by the district administration, an official said.
The 36 bodies were cremated in batches at a ground near Shitla Mata Temple here in the presence of officials of the state government and family members of the deceased.
According to officials, the post-mortem examination on 29 bodies has been done.
At least 59 people were killed and 72 injured on Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said.
The injured have been admitted to seven hospitals, the officials said.
The train was coming from Jalandhar when the accident occurred at Joda Phatak near Amritsar, where at least 300 people were watching 'Ravana dahan' at a ground adjacent to the tracks.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident after visiting injured and kin of those killed in the tragedy.
Meanwhile, the Railways has ruled out any punitive action against the driver of the DMU train which mowed down 59 people when it ran into a crowd of people watching Ravan burning during Dussehra celebrations in Amritsar on Friday evening.
The incident was not a railways' fault. There was no lapse on our part and no action against the driver will be initiated. People should refrain from organising such events near tracks in future. I think if precaution had been taken, the accident could have been averted," said Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha , adding wherever such events are held, the district administration concerned gives permission.
