| Sunday 16th May, an auspicious day for those, | | | | their sweat for their daughter's marriages. She was |
| believing in Hindu customs, became a black day for | | | | also worried about her children who were travelling |
| some. | | | | without her and without tickets. |
| The stampede was caused by a last-minute | | | | Some of the passengers lost their luggage, while some |
| Railways announcement switching the platforms from | | | | lost their hard-earned money, some broke their |
| which a couple of Bihar bound trains were scheduled | | | | bodyparts, specially children and aged people |
| to depart, prompting thousands of passengers from | | | | suffered the most. |
| both the platforms to rush to the other one. A woman | | | | In India, the major cause of of any such accidents is |
| and child were trampled to death and eight | | | | the population. It is very difficult to provide all the basic |
| others severely injured. At least nine others were also | | | | infrastructure and facilities for such a vast population. |
| injured. | | | | Though Indian Railways is world's largest railways, it is |
| There were people of the lower middle class of India | | | | still short of trains and platforms to accomodate |
| society, who can not afford the luxuries of travelling by | | | | thepeople travelling by trains. |
| Aeroplane or even in the AC coaches of the trains. | | | | The other cause is misadministration by the |
| These were the simple people, carrying all their | | | | officials. People fail to understand why the railways |
| belongings and savings with them to their homes in | | | | should switch the platform at the last moment. The |
| Bihar. They usually come to cities like Delhi to earn | | | | officials are very much aware of the fact that most |
| better livelyhoods. | | | | the people travelling, carry a lot of luggage. A |
| One of the women injured left alone at the railway | | | | stampede was unavoidable in such conditions. |
| station, while her family members including small | | | | Newspaper reporters published very hearbreaking |
| children were able to board the train somehow. They | | | | stories next day. We can only pray to God that such |
| boarded without tickets and luggage. The woman lost | | | | incidents do not take place in future and may God give |
| all the luggage which she bought specially for her | | | | strength to the people suffered. |
| daughter's wedding. She was traumatised because in | | | | |
| India a middle class family saves till the last drop of | | | | For more details in Hindi please visit to Deshbandhu. |