From the bus stand to the railway station, people have gathered in large numbers to go home on the festival of Diwali and Chhath. Crowds of people are visible all around. There are long queues of people at the railway station. There are no confirmed berths in trains. There is a long waiting list. In such a situation, people are forced to travel standing in general. Due to Diwali and Chhath Puja, the biggest crowd is at the railway stations of Delhi and Mumbai. Due to the festival, there is a huge rush of passengers going from Mumbai to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. People are standing in line for hours to reach their seats in the train.
Long queues formed at the railway station in Mumbai since late night.
There were long queues of people at Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminal railway station since late night. In such a situation, holding areas have been created at different places to control the crowd. The deployment of RPF has been increased to manage the crowd on the platform. Along with this, every movement is being monitored from the control room through CCTV and AI cameras.
Railways runs dozens of new festival special trains
At the same time, in view of Diwali and Chhath, Railways has given a big gift to the passengers. Like every year, this time too, keeping in mind the huge crowd and long waiting list in trains, Indian Railways has announced to run dozens of new festival special trains from New Delhi, Anand Vihar and nearby major cities to routes like Gorakhpur, Chhapra, Howrah, Patna and Darbhanga, which will provide great relief to lakhs of passengers. The city administration is fully prepared to deal with the crowd. Checking is being done from railway station to bus stand and suspicious areas. In view of the festivals in Prayagraj also, RPF and GRP conducted intensive security check at the railway station.
Jam on roads of Delhi-NCR due to festival
The problem of traffic jam is being seen on the roads of Delhi-NCR during the festive season. Vehicles are seen crawling on the roads. People commuting are troubled due to traffic and the main reason for this is considered to be Diwali shopping. Traffic jams were seen late night on many roads in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram. On the other hand, people remained stuck in the jam for hours on Karnal Bypass Road. Vehicles were stuck at red light in Central Delhi for about 30 minutes. Traffic on Teen Murti Marg and Kushak Road also remained slow for about 20 minutes, while heavy traffic jam was seen on the road leading to Dhaula Kuan.
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