1 dead, several injured in stampede at Surat railway station
The Hindu
The Surat railway station has been witnessing huge crowds in light of the ongoing festive season with migrant workers headed back to their home States
One person died, and several more were injured in a stampede at Surat Railway Station in Gujarat’s Surat district on Saturday.
According to sources, the stampede occurred when hundreds of passengers tried to board a Bihar-bound train outbound from Surat Railway Station ahead of the Diwali and Chhath Puja festivities.
A massive crowd of migrant workers, mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were on the way to their native hometowns when in a headlong rush the crowds attempted to board the outbound trains resulting in a stampede.
The police managed to control the situation, and additional forces were deployed to manage the crowds at the station compound.
Surat is a hub of migrant labourers, and nearly 1.5 million labourers hail from States like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha.
Surat’s MP, and State Railways Minister, Darshana Jardosh visited the hospital to meet the injured persons.
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