Steps taken to prevent further accident and ease passengers movement at Burdwan station .

Burdwan/Kolkata, 6 Jan (HS): In order to prevent further accident and ease the passengers movement in and around the Burdwan Station after a large section of its facade caved in on the night of 4 January, killing one person and injuring two others, the Railway authorities have installed powerful steel guards around the accident site and opened a new entry gate to enable passengers to enter the platforms easily and safely.

Informing this Chief Public Relations Manager, Eastern Railway, Niladri Banerjee told Hindusthan Samachar here this afternoon that after clearing all rubble from near the accident site on war footing, they had installed strong steel guards in front of the entire facade of the station complex not only to stop unaware passengers before passing underneath the collapsed portion of the building but also to prevent any further accident till corrective measures were taken by the railway and other engineers.

However, in order to facilitate a large number of daily passengers using the century-old and very busy station to reach their destinations in a hassle-free manner, a new and wide entry gate had been opened from today to help them reach the platform easily and without facing any further danger under a close round the clock vigil.

It may be recalled that a large portion of the two-storied facade of the century-old very important railway junction station, situated about 120 km from Kolkata, suddenly collapsed at around 8 p.m.on Saturday night(4 January) in the midst of a major repair and maintenance work under the supervision of the railways.

As a result, one middle-aged person succumbed to his injuries in the hospital and two others sustained multiple fractures and were also admitted to the nearby Railway hospital, the CPRO said and apprehended the number of victims in the accident could be much higher had not the Railway authorities stopped movement of common people and passengers underneath the repairing portion of the building on that day for the sake of their safety and security.

Terming the death of even one person, whose identity was yet to be established, as ‘very unfortunate’, he further stated that the incident was ‘purely an accident in spite of all preventive steps taken’, and denied that there was any fault or negligence on the part of the railways.

A three-member committee had already been formed to inquire the reasons behind the collapse and if anybody was found guilty, he would be punished as per law, the CPRO said