Crowd of passengers arriving in Bihar at railway stations
New Delhi: The statement by Indian Railways came amid huge crowds at railway stations and claims by passengers that tickets were not confirmed on trains. On Tuesday, the Railways said that 7,663 special trains will run on the occasion of the festivals in 2024. These trains will run between October 1 and November 30. Last year during this period 4,429 special trains ran.
More than 73% of the trains ran
Railways claimed that more than 73% of trains have run this way this year. Between October 24 and November 4, 9.58 million passengers traveled on non-suburban routes on Indian Railways. Last year, 9.24 million passengers traveled during Diwali and Chhath week.
so many passengers traveled
Railways said that on November 4, 2024, more than one crore 20 lakh 72000 passengers traveled on non-suburban routes of Indian Railways. This includes 19.43 lakh passengers in reserved category and 1 crore 1 lakh 29000 passengers in unreserved category. Indian Railways operated 207 special trains on November 3 and 203 special trains on November 4. The railways said 33.91 lakh more passengers traveled in 2024 compared to 2023.
We tell you that a large crowd of passengers was recently seen at Delhi railway stations and at stations in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Videos of crowds of passengers are also going viral on social media. Passengers have said that they have to work hard to reach Bihar.
The Ministry of Railways had made this claim.
Earlier, the Railway Ministry had said that amid the festival fever, Indian Railways is making all-out efforts to ensure safe travel of passengers and avoid any untoward incident. The ministry had said that transporting people from one place to another across India during Diwali and Chhath is a challenging task, but after successfully completing similar tasks during Navratri and Durga Puja, Indian Railways will now start transporting passengers . their native places for Diwali and the upcoming Chhath festival.
Report- Anamika Gaur
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