Tuesday, February 18, 2025

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Justice Surya Kant did not appear inclined to entertain the demands of Prashant Bhushan. "We will see tomorrow subject to any other important matter," he stated, refusing to direct Registry to take the matter higher up in order.

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New Delhi Railway Station stampede: It is ‘the system’ that lacks civic sense, not the crowd

I am used to it, used to the overcrowded trains, the struggle, the dysfunction and the chaos. Because this is what the system has taught me. I wasn't taught 'civic sense' by the system. The system taught me to live with the chaos, to struggle to carry myself, my family and our luggage through the crowd, to suffer the overcrowded train inside the so-called 'reserved' coaches too, because that is what the system allows, enables.

Is the Indian system incapable of controlling the Indian ‘Bheed’? Stampede after stampede, the crowd behaviour stays unchanged, just like the bureaucratic incompetence

Larger problem lies in the lack of an effective apparatus to avert these incidents, which have become more common, especially during large gatherings or major events. 

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