Railways is preparing for those going to Bihar-UP on Diwali-Chhath, read the programs being made to go home.

Diwali Chhath Puja Train: After Durga Puja across the country including Delhi, the excitement regarding Diwali and Chhath is at its peak. Employed people have returned to their homes and a large number of people will travel in the coming days. Among such people, the number of travelers going towards UP-Bihar is very high. This is because Chhath Puja, which falls after Diwali, is celebrated with great pomp and devotion in both these states.

This is the reason that in view of the rush of passengers, while the Railways is running extra and festival special trains, the railway administration has also made special arrangements for the passengers in the station premises.

Railway passengers can avail these facilities

Like last year, this year too, separate pandals are being made for passengers traveling on reserved and unreserved tickets at New Delhi and Anand Vihar railway stations, where passengers will be able to sit and wait for their train and get information about the timing of their train. But will be able to proceed towards the platform. Food counters will be set up for the passengers in these pandals, along with arrangements for drinking water and additional toilets. At the same time, announcements about the arrival and departure of trains will also be made here continuously.

Different gates made for entry

Chief spokesperson of Northern Railway, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay said that on the occasion of festival, there will be sudden increase in crowd at railway stations. In such a situation, keeping in mind the possibility of overcrowding on the platform, special preparations have been made at New Delhi and Anand Vihar stations. At both the places, pandals have been made for the passengers to stop before going to the platform. From where the passengers will be taken to the platform as the time of the train approaches. There will be separate gates for entry of reserved and unreserved ticket passengers.

Mini control room to save you from trouble

According to officials, New Delhi Railway Station is most crowded. The platforms here are less wide and there are many entrances. Keeping this in mind, this time a pandal is being set up three times bigger than last year and it has been decided to keep reserved and unreserved passengers separately.

Especially train numbers 12566 (Bihar Sampark Kranti Express), 12394 (Sampoorna Kranti Express), 12554 (Vaishali Express) and 12802 (Purushottam Express) will be operated from platform 16. The official said that mini control rooms will be made at Anand Vihar, New Delhi, Nizamuddin and Old No. Delhi railway stations.

Apart from this, medical teams will be deployed at Anand Vihar and New Delhi railway stations. Additional counters for food and drinks will be set up for the passengers. Arrangements for drinking water and additional toilets will be made.

Additional coaches installed in 59 trains

Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay said that till now Northern Railway has announced the operation of 3,144 special trains. Along with this, 59 additional coaches will be installed in the already running trains. According to officials, it is easy to control the crowd at Anand Vihar Railway Station due to the open subway and platform. He told that this time also the trains will be brought to the station with closed doors, so that there is no stampede among the people. By making a barricade through a rope on the platform, the passengers will be kept behind the rope and when the doors of the train open, they will be allowed to enter the train. Along with deployment of additional staff for checking at the entry gate, additional staff and security personnel of Railways will also be deployed and 18 unreserved rakes will be kept in reserve.

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