New Delhi: People coming to New Delhi Railway Station to see off their loved ones will not be able to enter platforms from today, as the Railways have decided to stop the sale of platform tickets to control the crowds inside.
(Read: Delhi stampede: No lessons learnt?)All this after the stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station on Sunday, where two passengers were killed and eight critically injured. (
Read: 2 killed, 8 injured in Stampede at New Delhi Railway Station)
The tragedy happened when a last-minute change for two Bihar-bound trains was announced.
The Railways is also thinking of shifting more east-bound trains from the New Delhi station to the newly-constructed Anand Vihar Terminal to ease the summer rush. Trains going to eastern states like West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand may be shifted to this station.
A probe into the incident is on. (
Read: Mamata orders inquiry into Delhi station stampede)
"The railway ministry has to see what went wrong? The announcements were wrong, why did the trains change? It shouldn't be allowed to take place in future," commented Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the incident.
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