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Station stampede: Damages paid
To avoid a stampede inside a railway station, authorities must ensure proper facilities as they have the ability to control the conduct of passengers.
After holding that a stampede took place on November 13, 2004, inside New Delhi Railway Station and the authorities were negligent in making special preparations for the rush during the holiday period, the Railway Claims Tribunal has ordered compensation of Rs 4 lakh in favour of a couple whose 14-year-old daughter died in the incident.
The stampede had led to the death of four persons and left several injured. The rush at the station was on account of Diwali, Id and Chhat puja falling in the same week.
As a result, several persons from Delhi were off to their native places due to which the traffic in East bound trains increased heavily.
According to railway estimates, more than 11,000 persons visited the New Delhi Railway Station. These, however, did not include those who visited the station with confirmed tickets for travelling.
Although the railway authorities had increased the frequency of trains, they had failed to manage the crowd on the day of the incident...
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During the course of arguments, the tribunal headed by Justice S K Mahajan learnt how the negligence by the authorities led to the chaos resulting into a stampede at the railway station. According to the petitioners, the authorities had parked Bihar bound Jan Sadharan Express at platform number two despite knowing about its high occupancy.
Railway authorities contributed to the congestion by first allowing a Mumbai bound train to leave from platform number two. As the train normally left either from platform number four or five, this led to chaos.
The crowds swelled and as passengers rushed to catch the train, violence broke out which led to a stampede.
Railway authorities defended the petition in the tribunal claiming that stampede was not covered under the definition of untoward incident and, therefore, the petitioners were not entitled to compensation. Justice Mahajan, however, rejected the defence.
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