More than 50 people were killed and 72 injured Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers, who had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of a Ravana effigy, was run over by a train in Amritsar.
The Group is led by Health Minister Brahm Mohindra, with Revenue Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as members. The team has rushed to the accident site to assess and tackle the situation.
Amritsar train accident: The train was going from Jalandhar to Amritsar when the incident occurred at Joda Phatak.
Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the event, later talked to media at a hospital where injured were taken and said her priority was to ensure they receive proper treatment.
According to an eyewitness, the scenes were reminiscent of ones witnessed during the Partition of the country when millions of people lost their lives in violence.
Several people were mowed down by a passing train when they were standing across railway tracks in Amritsar to watch burning of a Ravana effigy as part of Dussehra celebrations.
Shocking videos on the social media and television channels show the train crossing at full speed even as the Ravana effigy burns in the background.
The speeding train mowed down at least 50 revellers as it crushed and blew away anybody who came in its way. At least 300 people were at the spot watching 'Ravana dahan' at a ground near the tracks.
Amritsar train accident: The disaster happened when a large number of people were watching the Ravan effigy in flames while standing on the railway tracks near Jora Phatak when the train crushed them.
The speeding train mowed down at least 61 revellers as it crushed and blew away anybody who came in its way.
At least 59 people were killed as train travelling to Amritsar from Pathankot ran over them while watching Dusshera celebrations in Amritsar.
Amritsar Train Accident Latest Updates: A large number of people were watching a huge Ravan effigy in flames while standing on the tracks at a railway crossing at Jora Phatak when the train on way from Pathankot to Amritsar mowed them down, triggering anger and outrage.
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