Huge rush at railway station as migrants leave for Bihar for Chhath Puja

With a spurt in the number of rail passengers due to Chhath Puja, travellers, other than those bound for Bihar, are at the receiving end as most long-route trains are more than packed to capacity. Even tickets in the waiting list cannot be booked due to ‘no room’ (waiting list exhausted) in many trains bound for various destinations in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

There was a huge rush of passengers on the local railway station. Though additional current ticket windows and reservation counters were set up, they were of little use.

To facilitate the rush of passengers for Chhath Puja, the Railways will operate two special trains from the Amritsar railway station tomorrow. The Amritsar-Jaynagar will depart at 10.55 am and another from Amritsar to New Jalpaiguri from 8.40 pm. Both will proceed via Moradabad and Katihar.

Railway officials stated that they have taken measures, including the establishment of special help desks at the station, to ensure the safety and security of passengers.

To manage the passengers’ rush, personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) have been deployed, besides attaching additional coaches to the special trains.