A ‘atmosphere similar to a stampede’ prevailed in New Delhi railway station On Sunday, but the rapid implementation of crowd control measures avoided any tragedy and no injuries were reported, said Delhi police. However, the Railroad Ministry said there was a great career at the station, but that “there was no stampede or Situation similar to stampede”
“The protocol to take the passengers not reserved through the retention area is being used,” the ministry added.
“A large number of passengers had gathered in the numbers of platform 12 and 13 of the New Delhi train station due to a delay in the game of Shiv Ganga Express, Swatantrata Senani Express, Jammu Rajdhani Express, Lucknow Mail and Magadh Express. Due to the cumulative effect of these delayas, Heavy Passenger congestion It was observed on the platforms. The situation became chaotic and led to an atmosphere of stampede, which resembles the Crowd management challenges witnessed during Mahakumbh’s arrangements in the past. The necessary crowd control measures had to be taken immediately to avoid any unpleasant incident. They did not report injuries, “said Delhi police.
Eye witnesses reported that overcrowding led to panic among travelers, which caused the necessary measures to control crowds by the Delhi Police to avoid injuries.
This incident follows a tragic event that occurred just over a month earlier, on February 15, when a crush of the crowd in the same station resulted in the death of at least 18 people and injuries to another 15.
This incident was attributed to similar factors: an overwhelming number of passengers due to train delays and lack of communication with respect to trains schedules. Chaos was exacerbated by infrastructure bottlenecks and inappropriate crowd management measures, which finally led to a mortal stampede on platforms 14 and 15.