Ground Report: 12 Hours After Stampede, Delhi Station Remains Crowded

New Delhi:

The New Delhi Railway Station continued to witness a surge in crowd more than 12 hours after at least 18 people, mostly women and children, died in a stampede while waiting to board trains to Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, where the Maha Kumbh festival is being hosted.

More police personnel have now been deployed to the platforms and ropes are being used to regulate the crowds after the incident, which took place around 10 pm on Saturday.

“There was a lot of rush at the platform numbers 12, 15 and 16. There is no such crowd usually,” a man who had a shop at the station told NDTV.

Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who has ordered a “high-level inquiry” into the causes of the accident, has said additional special trains were being run from New Delhi to clear the rush of devotees.