BBC Hindi, Delhi
On Sunday morning, the New Delhi train station in the capital of India always seemed so. Many of the bustling platforms are filled with passengers who are eager and patient to ride the train.
But Saturday night, it is known to be due to fatal crush -overcrowded. At least 18 people were killed and injured several times.
According to officials, two trains were delayed at the station, and the third was waiting for people to start with each other against each other.
A spokesman for the Indian Railway said, “The passenger slipped and fell to the stairs.”
Opposition leaders criticized the government, insisting that the Indian railway was not prepared to manage the crowd at the station.
The investigation began and the authorities announced compensation for the victims.
When the BBC asked about the safety and security of the station, Pankaj Gangwar, the chief security committee of the northern railway, said, “Let’s complete the investigation first.”
Such crushing has never been heard in India, and is often congested in religious events, festivals and public places. transmission, 30 people were killed and dozens of injuries were injured in Kumbh Mela..
The crowd of the train station was not unexpected. Trains are the cheapest long -distance transport mode in India, and it is common for the number of passengers to surpass the capacity of the train.
Witnesses and victims are talking about their trials. Many of them are angry with the authorities and police officers of the train station, and they say they did not act on time.
Some witnesses said that the crush was not limited to one place, but it occurred on overhead legs, stairs and platforms.
BIPIN JHA was in the station to meet his wife MAMTA who arrived on the train. She died of crush.
“I met her on the platform and we were walking overhead in Taoism when she was trapped in a crush. She died in front of my eyes. I will live my life with guilt that does not save her.”
Pinky Devi’s sister, who died on the stairs, said, “We were on the stairs and suddenly went out from behind. We fell with many others and were trapped in our body.
Usha Devi, who was traveling to the eastern state of Bihar for his nephew’s wedding, said he exploded the moment when chaos reached the platform.
“Many people have fallen. Everywhere, their belongings, food items and clothes were scattered. I was just before stunning. So many people collapsed. The crowd was so concentrated that we couldn’t take the train.”
Umesh Giri’s wife Shilam Devi was one of the victims.
“The crowd was unclear,” the BBC Hindi waited outside the spiritual room of Delhana Azad Medical College of Delhi.
“I have seen some of the bodies that are already lying there. People collide with each other and others have begun to fall to them,” said GIRI.
He added that it took time to arrive and asked the officers for help.
High -ranking police and railroad officials in the field did not respond to the BBC’s request.
Most of the victims were taken to New Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai PRAKASH Hospital, where police and semi -military troops were deployed, and railroad authorities established Help Desk for helping their families. Journalists could not enter the hospital on Saturday.
The victim’s relatives shared sorrow while waiting for the outside with the reporters and expressed their anger in the hospital facility.
SHILAM Devi’s daughter -in -law SHOBHA insisted that “many people are trapped in a single bed.”
Others from the hospital also confirmed this. The hospital authorities did not respond to the BBC’s request.
Lady Hardinge Hospital, a family in the sorrow of Riya, was able to complete the documents and get a body.
Her uncle shed tears.
