Hours after the crowding state of affairs at Ahmedabad railway station obtained worse, with passengers attempting to board trains to return dwelling for Chhath pooja and Diwali, the Ahmedabad Division of Western Railway (WR) suspended the gross sales of platform tickets throughout all three main railway stations within the metropolis — Ahmedabad (Kalupur), Sabarmati, and Asarwa.
The suspension got here into impact on October 27 and can stay in power until November 6. Because of this solely folks with legitimate tickets will likely be permitted to enter the railway stations, and relations or others who would come to see the passengers off won’t be able to enter.
The order is available in mild of an enormous rush, particularly for trains just like the Jansadharan Specific ferrying migrant staff to states in North and East India. Whereas the choice to droop gross sales was taken on Sunday night itself, it was introduced on Monday morning.
Notably, a member of the WR Regional Rail Customers Consultative Committee, on Friday and Saturday, wrote to the Common Supervisor looking for that extra particular trains be run in the course of the festive season.
