The villain of the New Delhi railway station stampede has been found? The mistakes that took the lives of 18 people
New Delhi Railway Station Stampede (Who is behind the New Delhi Railway Station stampede?)
India News, New Delhi Railway Station Stampede: 18 people lost their lives in the stampede that took place at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday night. Till late night, the railways could not officially say who was responsible for this accident. At present, a high-level investigation team has been formed to investigate the matter. According to the information, neither the railway officials nor the RPF officials could estimate the crowd. Let us tell you, New Delhi is one of the sensitive railway stations. More than five lakh people travel here every day.
VIDEO | Visuals from platform number 12 and 13 after a stampede-like situation broke out at the New Delhi Railway station, triggering a chaos on platform number 14 and 15.
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Where did the mistake happen?
For your information, let us tell you that, being a sensitive railway station, special jawans are deployed by RPF to gather intelligence inputs here. Despite this, no input was given by them regarding the crowd. Also, the railway officials also failed to monitor the crowd. Apart from this, New Delhi Railway Station is monitored 24 hours a day with CCTV cameras. The DRM keeps a live watch on every platform of the station from his office. Despite this, the officials did not see any crowd at the station.
1500 general tickets sold every hour
At the same time, general tickets were continuously being given by the railways. This also increased the possibility of a crowd of passengers at New Delhi Railway Station. 1500 general tickets were being sold by the railways every hour, due to which the crowd at the station increased and the situation became uncontrollable. There was a stampede near the escalator near platform number 14 and platform number 16. According to the information, two trains going to Prayagraj were canceled. Due to which the crowd on the platform increased. However, the railways are denying the cancellation of the train. The railways said that four special trains were run.
LG expressed grief
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena said that the incident of death and injury of people due to chaos and stampede at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday night is unfortunate and sad. In a post on social media platform X, the LG said that he has directed the Chief Secretary and Delhi Police Commissioner to resolve the situation. The Lieutenant Governor said, "I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims of this incident. He said that he is constantly monitoring the situation."