18 dead in New Delhi railway station stampede

New Delhi, : The Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Northern Railway, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay, said that there was no stampede at New Delhi Railway Station. He said that Northern Railways was running two planned special trains (for Prayagraj). However, a 2-member high level committee was set up to investigate the matter, said Dilip Kumar, Executive Director of Information & Publicity at the Railway Board. The station was experiencing an unusually high volume of passengers, prompting the railways to operate four additional special trains to manage the crowd informed Dilip
Kumar. Unfortunately, the large number of passengers led to a chaotic situation, with reports of people fainting and being hospitalized. To regain control of the situation, entry to the railway station was temporarily blocked. The Ministry of Railway said that the situation is under control, and the injured have been taken to the hospital. Railway Police and Delhi Police have reached the station (New Delhi Railway station). The situation is under control, and the injured have been taken to the hospital, according to Ministry of Railway. “A high-level inquiry has been ordered by the Railways on the unfortunate incident,” according to the Ministry of Railways. A sudden and
unprecedented rush of passengers at New Delhi Railway Station’s platforms 13 and 14 around 10 pm led to a chaotic situation. As the crowd surged, some passengers fainted, sparking rumours of a stampede, which further fueled panic among the crowd. “An Unprecedented rush situation developed today at about 10 pm in New Delhi railway
station near platforms 13 & 14. Some of the passengers present there on the platforms fainted due to this sudden rush further leading to the rumours of stampede like situation. This led to the spread of panic,” according to Ministry of Railways.