BBC Hindi, Delhi
On Sunday morning, the New Deli railway station in the Indian capital looked as always; Noisy, with its many platforms, filled with impatient, impatient passengers, waiting to catch their trains.
But on Saturday evening, death is reported – overcrowded – died at least 18 people and left a few victims.
According to the officials, two trains were detained at the train station, and the third was heading to the city of Magara, where a massive Hindu religious festival was held, Kumba had – waited to go when people were pushing for each other.
The favorite happened after “the passenger slipped and fell on the stairs,” the Indian railway press said.
Opposition leaders criticized the government, claiming that the Indian railway did not agree on the management of crowds at the station.
The investigation was launched and the authorities announced compensation to the victims.
When asked by the BBC about the safety and safety at the Pankai Gangvar station, the Chief Commissioner for the North Railway Security said: “Let the investigation be completed first.”
Such crushing is not heard in India, where there is often an overpopulation at religious events, festivals and public spaces. Last month, 30 people were killed and dozens were injured in a kumba -mely.
Crowds at the railway station were also not unexpected – trains are today the cheapest mode of transport in India, and for the number of passengers much higher than the power of trains.
Eyewitnesses and families of the victims retell their trials. Many of them were angry with the authorities and police officials at the railway station, which, according to them, did not act in time.
Some eyewitnesses stated that the love was not limited to one place, but occurred on the bombing, ladders and platforms.
Bipin Ja was at the train station to meet his wife Mamta who arrived on the train. She died in a crush.
“I met her on the platform, and we walked on the pedestrian bridge when she was trapped in crushing. She died before my eyes. I will live my life with the fault of saving her,” he says.
“We were on the stairs, suddenly we felt the push behind. We fell together with many others, and were trapped under the bodies. I barely breathed,” said Sam, whose sister-in-law Davi died on the stairs.
Usha Davi, who was traveling to the East Bihar for the wedding of her nephew, said that chaos had flared up at the moment she reached the platform.
“Many fell. Everywhere, there were scattered things, food and clothes. I was on the verge of fainting. So many people collapsed. The crowd was so dense that we couldn’t sit on our train.”
The Goel is tiltedThe wife of the hurrying scales Shila Davi was among the victims.
“The crowd became uncontrollable,” he said BBC Hindi, waiting outside Morga at Maulan Azad’s medical college in Delhi.
“I saw a few body already lying there.
He added that he needed help and he asked the staff for help.
High police and railway officials at the scene did not respond to the BBC request.
Most of the victims were taken to the Lok -Nya Prokash hospital in New Delhi, where police were deployed and paramilitary forces, and the railway authorities set up assistance to help families. On Saturday, journalists were not allowed to go to the hospital.
Relatives of the victims shared their grief with journalists who are waiting on the street, as well as expressing anger at the hospital.
“Several people were killed on one bed,” said Shobha, daughter-in-law Shylam Davy.
Others who leave the hospital also confirmed this. The hospital authorities did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment.
At the Lady Harding Hospital, the 7 -year -old Riyadh family, the 7 -year -old, completed the documents so that they can accept her body.
“No child deserves death yes,” said her uncle Vivek, wiping his tears.
