Lok Sabha Question No. 2120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Permanent Holding Areas at Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2120

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2025

## PERMANENT HOLDING AREAS AT RAILWAY STATIONS

| 2120.   | SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE: SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:                                                                                                                                        |
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| (a)     | whether the Government has conducted investigation to stampede that led to the deaths of 18 people at New Delhi railway station;                                                                  |
| (b)     | if so, the outcome thereof;                                                                                                                                                                       |
| (c)     | whether the Union Government has decided to develop permanent holding areas at various railway stations across the country; if so, the details of the railway stations identified for development |
| (d)     | of permanent holding areas particularly in Maharashtra and Uttar                                                                                                                                  |
|         | Pradesh, State-wise;                                                                                                                                                                              |
| (f)     | if so, the details thereof; and                                                                                                                                                                   |
| (g)     | the timeline fixed for development of permanent holding areas?                                                                                                                                    |

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (g):    A  High-level  inquiry  committee  has  been  constituted  for investigation  into  the  incident  at  New  Delhi  station.  Provision  and

upgradation  of  amenities  at  railway  stations  is  a  continuous  and ongoing  exercise.  Indian  Railways  take  various  measures  for  crowd handling  from  time  to  time  based  on  the  requirements  of  the  station. For  example,  waiting  areas  were  created  outside  stations  in  recent times for  handling  large  crowds  at Udhna,  Patna,  New  Delhi  and  nine stations  in  Prayagraj  area.  Based  on  the  experience  gained  at  these stations pilot projects have been taken up for New Delhi, Anand Vihar, Varanasi, Ayodhya and Ghaziabad stations. Other measures for handling large crowds include access control, ticket checking, CCTV cameras, war rooms, improvement to announcement systems, digital communications etc. which is a continuous and ongoing exercise.

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