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| May 17, 2010 | No platform tickets at Railway stations | | New Delhi: Following the stampede at the New Delhi Railway station that claimed two lives and injured seven others on Sunday, the railway authorities have decided to stop the sale of platform tickets from Monday to control the crowd. It has been reported
that the railways is also planning to shift more east-bound trains from the New
Delhi Station to the newly-constructed Anand Vihar Terminal to ease the summer
rush. Trains going to West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand may also be shifted
to this station. The stampede occurred at the crowded New Delhi railway station
soon after the announcement of change of platforms of two trains - Delhi-Muzaffarpur
Sapt Kranti Express and Delhi-Bhagalpur Vikramshila Express. Railway Minister
Mamata Banerjee has appointed a new four-member panel to probe the stampede. Earlier,
a three-member panel was constituted, but it was disbanded and replaced with an
upgraded committee consisting of senior officials. Banerjee has also announced
a compensation of Rs two lakhs to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000
for the injured. Railways will also pay Rs 15,000 to those, who suffered minor
injuries in the incident.
Sources in the Union Home Ministry on Monday feared that the casualties of the IED blast in
Chhattisgarh's Dantewada is likely to go high as the rescue and relief operations have been
hampered due to bad light. Security forces have launched a major rescue operation. On
Monday evening in one of the worst attack on civilians the Maoists blew up a private bus
killing over 30 people. The bus was on its way from Dantewada to Sukma when the incident
took place near Chingawaram, over nine kilometers from Sukma. The bus-CG17 SS 9295
was carrying 20 special police officers (SPO) and over 30 civilians.The SPOs were
on their way to participate in a special recruitment drive. The latest blast incident
has taken place a day after the Maoists called for a 48 hour shutdown in five
states-Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. The sources
said the attack might have been a pre -planned one. Reportedly, the Maoists also
fired on the bus after the blast to ensure that nobody stays alive. | |
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