18 people have died in New Delhi railway station stampede, including 14 women and 4 men. Crowds of passengers started gathering at New Delhi station from 4 pm on Saturday afternoon. Due to increasing pressure of the crowd, seeing the situation arising out of push-up, it turned into a stampede. Passengers allege that no arrangement was made by the Railways to control the crowd. The administration has now released a list of the dead regarding the accident.
18 people have died in a stampede at New Delhi station on Saturday night. At the same time, many passengers were injured, who have been admitted to the nearest hospital. The number of people who died in the accident is the highest number of women. The train was to arrive for Prayagraj at the platform number 14 and 15 of the station, but for some reason she was running late. During this time, there was a stampede at the station after a push-up, in which hundreds of people were hit by it.
Administration issued a list of names of dead
People from Delhi and Bihar died in the stampede. The administration has released the list of dead. Passengers united at the station in large numbers to go to Sangam bath in Prayagraj. During this time this accident happened. After the accident, the administration has now released the list of dead. The death toll in the list is of the people of Delhi and Bihar.
These passengers lost their lives
- Aha Devi (79 years) Buxar, Bihar
- Shanti Devi (40 years) Nawada, Bihar
- Neeraj (12 years) Vaishali, Bihar
- Lalita Devi (35 years) Patna Bihar
- Pooja Kumari (8 years) Nawada, Bihar
- Sheela Devi (50 years) Sarita Vihar, Delhi
- Pinky Devi (41 years) Sangam Vihar, Delhi
- Sangeeta Malik (34 years) Bhiwani, Haryana
- Vyom (25 years) Bawana, Delhi
- Suruchi (11 years) Muzaffarpur, Bihar
- Poonam (34 years) Mahavir Enclave, Delhi
- Poonam Devi (40 years) Saran, Bihar
- Mamta Jha (40 years) Nangloi, Delhi
- Riya Singh (7 years) Sagarpur, Delhi
- Krishna Devi (40 years) Samastipur, Bihar
- Baby Kumari (24 years) Bijwasan, Delhi
- Manoj (47 years) Nangloi, Delhi
- Vijay Sah (15 years) Samastipur, Bihar
Death due to negligence
Since the incident, the family of the deceased is in a weeping condition. He says that these deaths are due to the negligence of the railway. There was no system to control the crowd from the administration. Due to which there was a stampede. A large number of passengers were buried. There was a scream all around the station. We were pleading to help the people, but no one was ready to help them. The porters came and helped the injured passengers first.