A large crowd of passengers going to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand for Diwali and Chhath festival is being seen at the station. From New Delhi railway station to the railway stations of other cities of the country, huge crowd is being seen. Something similar was seen at Udhna railway station in Surat, Gujarat on Saturday evening. Here, passengers were seen standing in long queues to catch the train to their cities. These passengers were sitting in queues to travel in various weekly and special trains going on Sunday.
Passengers were standing in line 12 hours in advance
There was a long line of passengers about two kilometers away from platform number 6 of Udhna railway station. There were long queues of passengers in the station premises and outside the premises in Limbayat area. Whose pictures have been exclusively captured in Aaj Tak’s camera. Surat There was a queue of passengers since Saturday night in the premises of Udhna Railway Station and in the open ground outside the premises in the dark of night.
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To board the train on Sunday morning and afternoon, labor passengers stood in long queues 12 hours in advance, sitting in the dust and mud. Which also includes children, old people and women.
Railway Minister Delhi Took stock of crowd control in
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav reached New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday. Here he Crowd Took stock of control preparations. In conversation with Aaj Tak, the Railway Minister said that today is the day of peak rush. Passenger Facilitation Center and additional ticketing counters have been set up at the station for the convenience of passengers.
The Railway Minister said that about 1 lakh 75 thousand passengers have reached the station on Saturday, out of which 75 thousand are non-reserved passengers. To handle the crowd in this busy festival season, 12000 special trains have been run so that passengers can get additional facilities. He also said that strict action is being taken against those spreading misleading news on social media and FIR has been registered against many people.
For crowd control, holding areas have been created at the station, where passengers are being given entry in a systematic manner. So that order is maintained and there is no chaos.
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Mumbai Crowd of people gathered at the railway station also
On Saturday, a huge crowd of passengers was also seen at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai. But Railways has made concrete arrangements keeping in mind the safety and convenience of the passengers. Railways have created separate khatals (barricaded areas) especially for the passengers of general coach. Where the passengers have been parked in an organized manner, so that there is no situation of any kind of pushing or stampede. Different berths have been fixed for different trains.
RPF and GRP personnel are continuously monitoring the railway station, so that there is no lapse in the safety of passengers. Along with this, other railway employees are also busy helping the passengers on the platform. There are many passengers who are not able to get tickets. He says that the ticket prices are being changed arbitrarily. Still, most of the passengers believe that this time the railway arrangements are better, because this is not only controlling the crowd but the possibility of any kind of accident has also reduced.
Jhansi Crowd of people gathered at the station also
Due to Diwali and Chhath festival, crowd has started increasing in trains going from Jhansi to Gorakhpur. Due to the huge crowd, someone is seen entering the coach through the window and someone is seen pushing and getting inside. In view of the huge crowd of homebound passengers, Jhansi DRM and RPF themselves have taken command.
(Input- Sanjay Rathod from Surat, Pramod Gautam from Jhansi, Mohammad Ejaz Khain from Delhi)
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