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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bid to escape blame for tragedy on tracks

Bid to escape blame for tragedy on tracks

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published Published on Oct 21, 2018   modified Modified on Oct 21, 2018
-PTI

Most of the dead were migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Fifty-seven people were injured

Amritsar:
The railways were not informed about the trackside Dussehra event, nor was permission sought from the civic body, officials said a day after a train mowed down 59 revellers during a Ravan Dahan near Amritsar.

Residents of the area, Joda Phatak, asserted that the event, which involves the burning of Ravan’s effigy, had been going on at the spot for at least 20 years.

But Amritsar municipal commissioner Sonali Giri said: “Nobody was given permission for organising the event; nobody had applied for permission.”

She said Friday evening’s event was held on a larger scale than last year’s. The crowd had spilled onto the tracks and the sound of firecrackers drowned out the horn of the approaching train.

Most of the dead were migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Fifty-seven people were injured.

Railway board chairman Ashwani Lohani said the railways had not been informed about the event and stressed that the tragedy did not occur at a level crossing.

“At midsections, trains run at their assigned speed and people are not expected to be on the tracks. At midsections, there are no railway staff posted,” he said.

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The Telegraph, 21 October, 2018, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bid-to-escape-blame-for-tragedy-on-tracks/cid/1672232?ref=top-stories_home-template


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