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The Delhi Railway Division has adopted a new protocol under which the station officer will take approval from the Railway Protection Force before the arrival of any train from platform number eight to 16 at New Delhi railway station. The decision has been taken to prevent recurrence of a stampede on the ladder near platform number 14 on 15 February. In this stampede incident, 18 passengers were killed and many others were injured. Generally, all the trains coming from or from east areas like Prayagraj, Patna, Kanpur, Lucknow, Howrah etc. on the platforms of eight to 16 are crowded and due to Mahakumbh, there is a lot of crowd of passengers in all these trains.
Station officials will have to get permission from RPF
In a circular issued by Delhi division on February 19, the station officials have been instructed to follow a new process, under which the train was accommodated only after getting approval from RPF, ie number eight to 16 Will go The circular states that the reason for the implementation of the new process at New Delhi railway station, the North Central Railway (under which Prayagraj) and the Lucknow division of Northern Railway and Moradabad division’s stations are delayed due to huge crowds and congestion at the stations ‘stations’ To reach ‘.
Circular continued
According to the circular, the station officer will inform the RPF personnel of the power cabin about 15 minutes before the arrival of the train and will also inform them about the platform number on which the train is going to reach. ‘It states that these RPF employees’ will coordinate the station and platform on which the train is going to reach the CCTV control room and RPF personnel posted on the foot over bridge/platform.’ The circular states that after getting approval from the personnel posted at the CCTV control room and the platform/foot over bridge etc., the RPF personnel of the power cabin will approve to stay/arrive at the special train on the intended platform.
RPF will be monitored on commuting trains
The circular states, “It is only after the approval from RPF that the train will be cleared to the arrival of the intended platform.” It said, “Similarly, the platform to the train departing from any station Before bringing it, the RPF will have to get approval in the same way, as is mentioned above. ”The circular states that as far as the platform number one to seven is concerned, the normal operation will continue and There will be no need to take approval from RPF.
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