Amritsar train accident: 6 Must-Know  facts about the train tragedy
Amritsar train accident: 6 Must-Know facts about the train tragedy
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People in India on the next day of Dussehra woke up with hearing and reading the news about the sad and an unfortunate train accident which took place around 7 PM in Amritsar. In this Amritsar Train Mishap, death toll touched 61 while 77 injured as SDM East Amritsar Rajesh Sharma informed.

Here are some facts about the Amritsar train tragedy:

1. A five foot wall of the railways separates the railway tracks and the empty plot where Dussehra was celebrated.

2. People were watching the Ravana burning from the tracks which are on a height to get a better view.

3. The jora phatak or twin railway crossing is about 400 feet away from the spot where people were standing on the tracks to watch Dussehra.

4. The railway crossing gates were closed and the crossing was manned.

5. Dussehra celebrations were NOT held at this spot last year.

6. The event was organised by Saurabh Mithu Madaan, the son of a Congress municipal corporator. Mithu Madaan is of the Navjot Singh Sidhu group in the Amritsar Municipal Corporation.

Worth mention here People standing on the train tracks watching the Ravana burn did not see or hear the approaching superfast train. Some jumped off the track seconds before the train reached them.

 

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