Passengers jostle with one another to board a practice on the New Delhi Railway station, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb.15, 2025.
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NEW DELHI — Not less than 18 folks, together with 14 girls, had been killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi, the Press Belief of India information company reported Sunday.
Lots of the victims had been Hindu pilgrims who had been touring to the Maha Kumbh pageant in Prayagraj in northern India, in keeping with Delhi’s caretaker chief minister, Atishi, who makes use of just one title.
The stampede occurred late Saturday whereas hundreds of individuals had been gathered on the New Delhi railway station ready to board a practice. The incident occurred after some passengers slipped and fell on others whereas coming down from a footbridge that connects practice platforms, authorities mentioned.
Sheela Devi, who was at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital in New Delhi to gather her daughter-in-law’s physique, mentioned an announcement a couple of change of practice platforms created confusion among the many passengers that led to the stampede.
“The group went uncontrolled and nobody might management it,” mentioned Nikhil Kumar, a shopkeeper who witnessed the gang surge.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that he was “distressed by the stampede.”
“My ideas are with all those that have misplaced their family members. I pray that the injured have a speedy restoration. The authorities are helping all those that have been affected by this stampede,” he mentioned on the social platform X.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned that an investigation has been ordered to search out what led to the stampede.
Not less than 30 folks had been killed in a stampede on the six-week pageant final month after tens of thousands and thousands of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters.
