Crowd in Surat Railway Station on the occasion of Diwali: 1 passenger dead and 4 unconscious in stampede

Crowd in Surat Railway Station on the occasion of Diwali: 1 passenger dead and 4 unconscious in stampede

In the last few days, a huge crowd was seen at Surat railway station to reach home on the occasion of Diwali. As soon as the train reached the station on Saturday, there was a stampede among the passengers. During this time a passenger died.

An incident of stampede has come to light from Surat railway station in Gujarat. Given Diwali, there was a huge crowd at the railway station. People were going to their respective homes by train and during this time a train going to Bihar reached the station and while boarding it, there was a stampede among the passengers. During this time three to four people became unconscious. The injured were given first aid by ambulance at Surat railway station. One injured person died during treatment.

There was a huge crowd at the railway station

Darshana Jardosh, MP from Surat and Minister of State for Railways in the Central Government reached the hospital to meet the injured. Superintendent of Police (Western Railway) Sarjo Kumari said passengers rushed to board the Tapti Ganga Express train from Surat railway station in the morning, causing chaos and some people fainted. He said that there was a lot of crowd at the railway station. Due to this, some passengers had to face the problem of nervousness and dizziness.
One of the passengers began having heart problems and a policeman on the platform administered CPR before being taken to hospital in an ambulance. Authorities have identified the victim as Ankit Virendra Singh.

Statement of Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi

Speaking to reporters in Navsari, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi said that the police tried their best to control the crowd after the number of passengers suddenly increased on the platform to board the Bihar-bound train. Will visit the station. Western Railways in a statement said it has taken special measures given the crowd during the festival season, including running special trains from Surat and Udhna and deployment of Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force personnel for security and crowd management. Are.

Western Railways will run 46 pairs of special trains making 400 trips to various destinations, out of which 27 pairs will either originate from or pass through Surat or Udhna railway stations, the railways said.