New Delhi: The Delhi Police and Railway Protection Force (RPF) were actively managing the crowd and assisting passengers in boarding trains at the New Delhi railway station on Sunday.
This comes a day after the stampede at the railway station in which 18 people lost their lives.
The security personnel are using loudspeakers and continuously making announcements about trains.
Senior officials of the RPF are taking rounds at the station and supervising the security measures.
VIDEO | DCP KPS Malhotra conducts an inspection at New Delhi Railway Station, a day after the stampede that claimed the lives of 18 people.
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#WATCH | DCP Railway KPS Malhotra says, “Keeping in view the current scenario if there is an increased footfall and extra trains need to be operated to cater to the increased footfall, we have aggravated the arrangements – as far as the manpower and force is concerned…If the… https://t.co/2s3kQvvYIW pic.twitter.com/px71LPQOIo
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#WATCH | Stampede at New Delhi railway station | Mohammad Hashim, a porter (coolie) at the railway station and an eyewitness narrates the scenes he saw yesterday; gets emotional as he recounts how a 4-year-old girl, who he saved, was resuscitated.
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#WATCH | Stampede at New Delhi railway station | A porter (coolie) at the railway station says “I have been working as a coolie since 1981, but I never saw a crowd like this before. Prayagraj Special was supposed to leave from platform number 12, but it was shifted to platform… pic.twitter.com/cn2S7RjsdO
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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railway) KPS Malhotra said that the situation is under control.
“The passengers have already boarded the special train which will leave from platform number 16. Keeping in view the heavy footfall, we have made an extra deployment for special trains as well as for the regular trains. There is rope barricading due to which no one is moving ahead and everything is under control,” Malhotra stated.
The DCP was seen taking several rounds at the station and overseeing the security measures.
At least 18 people were killed in the stampede at the overcrowded New Delhi railway station, with a senior railway official saying on Sunday that the incident occurred after some passengers slipped and fell on others while coming down from a footover bridge.
More than a dozen people were also injured in the stampede on Saturday night at the railway station, which witnessed a surge of passengers waiting to board trains for Prayagraj — where the Maha Kumbh is underway — on platform number 14 and 15.
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