Punjab Train Tragedy

Amritsar train tragedy: Worst accident caused by 'trespassing' in history of Indian Railways, say officials

The accident in Amritsar Friday night in which at least 59 people were mowed down by a train during Dussehra celebrations was the worst due to trespassing on the tracks, railway officials said.

Amritsar train tragedy: Most dead are migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, say officials

The accident has claimed 59 lives so far out of which 39 bodies have been identified by the authorities.

Amritsar train tragedy: How poor crowd management, official apathy and overcrowding led to Dussehra disaster

The Ram Lila was staged this week—like it has been for at least 14 years—not on an open ground but within the four-walled compound of a rustic dhobhi ghat.

Amritsar train accident: Let's not railroad engine driver; public, politicians and police deserve fair share of blame

The fear is that bureaucratic indifference, political sycophancy and arrogance, poor planning at the venue, a lack of basic safety norms will all be ignored

Amritsar train tragedy: Chief Minister Amarinder Singh takes stock of relief work; orders magisterial probe

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the Amritsar train accident after visiting injured and kin of those killed in the tragedy even as he urged the Opposition not to politicise the issue.

Amritsar tragedy: No permission granted for Dussehra event, says city municipal body, day after train mows down revellers

Day after a train accident killed 59 at a railway crossing in Amritsar, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation Saturday said no permission was granted to hold Dussehra celebrations at 'Dhobi ghat' ground near the site of the mishap

Amritsar train tragedy: Securing assets like railways key to avoiding mishaps; 1,400 killed in 2016 on Mumbai tracks

What happened in Punjab, is an outcome of Indian Railways' lackadaisical attitude towards its right of way. Had it fenced the railway lines like it did along the route of the high-speed Gatiman Express, the tracks where the mishap took place on Friday would have been completely fenced by now.