Railway Minister’s statement on New Delhi railway station accident.
There has been a ruckus over it since the incident of stampede at New Delhi railway station. 18 people died and 15 were injured due to stampede at the station. The opposition is constantly targeting the government over this incident. The reasons for this stampede are being investigated. At the same time, now on Monday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has also given a statement about a stampede at New Delhi railway station. Railway Minister Vaishnav has denied any conspiracy behind the stampede. Let us know what else the Railway Minister has said about this.
Did Railway Minister Vaishnav say?
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told the media persons at the Rail Bhavan on Monday- “There is no conspiracy at this time.” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav further said that the information available so far has revealed that there is a stampede on Saturday The New Delhi railway station was not very crowded at the time of. He denied the announcement of changing the platform to be the reason for the stampede and said- “The inquiry committee is investigating it deeply.”
How did a stampede?
According to railway officials- “A Prayagraj Special Train was run from platform number 12 to 7:15 pm and in view of the increase in sales of tickets, it was planned to run another special, which was planned on the same platform at 8:50 pm Was waiting for. “The official has informed that while the announcement was made for Prayagraj Special Train on platform 12 at around 8.30 pm, some passengers were confused and they felt that the announcement had been made for Prayagraj Express. Said- “They were on platform 14 to climb in Prayagraj Express, but it seems that he was confused by the announcement and started going towards platform 12 and started going to the stairs. The person who had heavy items on his head became unbalanced and fell on other passengers, causing a stampede.
Railway officials worked day and night- Railway Minister
Railway Minister Vaishnav said on Monday that “We have learned from previous failures and mistakes and that is why such a large crowd of passengers has been managed so well.” Only 4,000 trains were run at the last Kumbh Mela, while this time we had planned 13,000 trains and so far 12,583 trains have been run. There is no movement of such a large number of people in a country in the world. Railway officials have worked day and night. It is a very difficult task to handle such a large crowd. ”(Input: language)
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