Important decision of Railways on Chhath Puja 2025... As soon as DRM arrived there was a rush, when a question was asked the female RPF constable started peeking under her armpits - chhath puja date 2025 irctc indian railways drm malda manish kumar gupta

By Alok Kumar Mishra Edited By: Alok Shahi Updated: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:17 (IST) Chhath Puja 2025: DRM Manish Kumar Gupta said that information about the possible departure of different railway zones has been taken to control the crowd of passengers on Chhath Puja 2025. Last year, during Chhath 2025, there was generally a crowd of 86 thousand passengers in a day. This time more than one lakh people are likely to come. Preparations have been made accordingly at the Bhagalpur railway station. DRM Malda Manish Kumar Gupta reached Bhagalpur station from the special saloon at 2.20 pm on Thursday. Jagran Correspondent, Bhagalpur. DRM Malda Manish Kumar Gupta reached Bhagalpur station from the special saloon at 2.20 pm on Thursday and took up the preparations for Chhath Puja. DRM said that information about possible departure of passengers has been taken from different railway zones. Last year there was a crowd of 86 thousand pilgrims during Chhath. This time more than one lakh people are expected to come. Remove Advertisement Read Only News DRM said that preparations have been made accordingly. There is a provision of only 100 chairs to accommodate the crowd in the temporary holding area created in the circulating area. Even after this, the DRM directed the officials that the passengers who are put in other places outside the holding area should be removed. DRM spoke to Deep Narayan and Shiv Kumar from Kaimur who were waiting for the train in the holding area. After this DRM also spoke to a woman named Anjali who was waiting for the train to go to Dumka. After talking to the three passengers, the DRM suggested the passengers to enter from one side and exit from the other side. People are facing problems due to the screen installed in front of the holding area being turned off. Which instructed DRM to start immediately. However, the officials did not tell DRM the reason why the display screen was switched off. An employee told that the screen was down due to a fault in the machine. Here, while inspecting from platform number two, the DRM along with the railway officials went to the CCTV control room on the first floor. Where every angle of the cameras installed in the station was investigated. In the control room, it was seen on two large and one small screens that only 70 out of 74 cameras were working. Four cameras were out of order. When asked about the cameras being switched off, it was said to be a technical fault. On this, the DRM put technical questions to the female RPF constable on duty. DRM instructed the RPF officers to prepare a chart of the soldiers on duty and a list of their work. After the control room, the DRM went from the porch area to the temporary detention area. Where information was taken about the crowd and arrangements made for the passengers during Chhath Puja 2025. The officials hid the issue of the faulty baggage scanner machine at the station from the DRM. Let us tell you that the baggage scanner machine at the station is often out of order. Railways also do not take any action against the company responsible for the maintenance of the machine.