NDLS stampede: Northern Railways RITES sign MoU for consultancy on crowd management, holding area

RITES Ltd, a government-owned infrastructure company, will provide consultancy to the Northern Railways on crowd management plan and construction of holding areas at five stations in Delhi, a senior official on Wednesday said.

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The Northern Railways and RITES Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the said purpose for five railway stations -- New Delhi, Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad, Ayodhya and Varanasi as these stations receive high passenger footfall, said Northern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay.