‘We didn’t wait… started pulling people out’: Porters at New Delhi railway station recall stampede | Delhi News
The screams came first. Then, a blur of people stumbling out of the New Delhi railway station’s main entrance, their voices rising in panic. “Bachao! (Help us!),” they cried, breathless, clutching at strangers, their clothes torn in the frenzy. Some collapsed onto the pavement, others sprinted toward the road, dodging rickshaws and street vendors who froze in confusion. This is how Vicky Singh Dagur, a 26-year-old porter, recalled the stampede that occurred on Saturday night at platform no 14. Standing near the entrance of the station in his red shirt and golden badge, he saw the first wave of passengers emerge, their faces terrified. “Something was very wrong,” he said. Then the cries rang out. Story continues below this ad Before he could think, Dagur and a handful of other porters were rushing towards the noise. The moment they stepped onto platform 14, the horror unfolded before them. People — men, women, children — lay on the floor, trampled, gasping for breath. Their luggage and shoes lay scattered across the platform. For the porters, who …
