{"id":13574,"date":"2025-02-24T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=13574"},"modified":"2025-02-23T23:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:59:13","slug":"new-delhi-train-station-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2025\/02\/24\/new-delhi-train-station-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"New Delhi Train Station Stampede"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Allison Bennett<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staff Writer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"ose-gettyimages ose-uid-7daa6f44548ae0001b2281c56136148c ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:723px; height:623px; max-height:623px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"GettyImages\"><a id=\"EdTph5-GQ-9WmQTzbg1hvw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2199274812\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:\"EdTph5-GQ-9WmQTzbg1hvw\",sig:\"qgQF1RbsFIkrpu04KyCZVby-T3p2soPdJNaTi-5LBvo=\",w:\"594px\",h:\"423px\",items:\"2199274812\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\tif (typeof gie === 'function') {\n\t\t\t\t\tgie(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar iframe = document.querySelector('.ose-embedpress-responsive iframe');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(iframe && !iframe.getAttribute('title')){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiframe.setAttribute('title', '')\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On February 15, 2025, two trains were delayed at the New Delhi Railway Station in India\u2019s capital, while a third train, heading to Prayagraj City- where Kumbh Mela, a massive Hindu religious festival, was being held- was waiting to depart. Due to the delays, the crowd pushed against each other, causing a stampede that killed 18 people and injured many more. Authorities say the incident occurred after some passengers slipped and fell on others while coming down from a footbridge that connects train platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/2\/16\/children-among-15-killed-in-crush-at-new-delhi-train-station-in-india\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that Ashwini Vaishnaw, India\u2019s Minister of Railways, said four trains had been deployed to \u201cevacuate\u201d a sudden and unprecedented surge of travelers at the station. An investigation was ordered to find out what went wrong.\u00a0 A man who witnessed the events told India\u2019s ANI news agency that, \u201cpeople were running across platforms and there was a chaotic situation that led to people falling on each other.\u201d Video footage shared on social media showed people being jostled as they tried to force their way onto packed trains.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sheela Devi, who lost her daughter-in-law in the stampedes, is quoted by The\u00a0 saying that \u201can announcement about a change of train platforms created confusion among the passengers that led to the stampede\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vaishnaw said a \u201chigh-level inquiry\u201d had been ordered into the causes of the accident, as well as additional special trains being run from Delhi to clear the rush of the devotees. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/2-hours-4-trains-mega-crowd-sources-on-what-caused-delhi-stampede-7736533\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NDTV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that the investigation revealed that a senior Railway Police Force official had asked the station manager not to issue any more tickets after he sensed that the crowd had become too large, and an uncontrollable situation could arise. However, by then, but thousands were already on the platforms. A report made by one of the injured women noted that while the stampede began around 9:15 p.m., the first call to the fire brigade was not made until 40 minutes later, at around 9:55 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj and has a history of crowd-related disasters. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/feb\/15\/at-least-15-people-die-in-crowd-crushes-at-new-dehli-railway-station\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that just last month, at least 30 people died in a crush at the holy confluence of the Ganes, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers. It is said that crowd crushes regularly occur at India\u2019s major religious festivals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on the social platform X, \u201cMy thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured have a speedy recovery. The authorities are assisting all those who have been affected by the stampede,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/stampede-railway-station-new-delhi-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBS News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> writes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2013, at least 36 people were crushed to death the last time the festival was held in Prayagraj. On a single day of the festival in 1954, more than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">India\u2019s railway system is the fourth-largest train network in the world and has witnessed several serious accidents within the last two years, including a 2023 collision that killed at least 288 people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of\u00a0<em>Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 15, 2025, two trains were delayed at the New Delhi Railway Station in India\u2019s capital, while a third train, heading to Prayagraj City- where Kumbh Mela, a massive Hindu religious festival, was being held- was waiting to depart. 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