Journey in humid, overcrowded train claims infant's life

Allahabad | Saturday | 26th May, 2018

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The train reached Allahabad Junction at 8:30am, thereby taking over six hours to cover a distance of around 150 kilometre-between Mughal Sarai and Allahabad.By the time the train reached Allahabad Junction, Taimurnisha's condition had deteriorated. Some trains were bunched due to a dust storm at night because of which train movement was slow." As the doctors at the hospital declared the infant dead, the family members returned to Mughal Sarai by taxi.NCR PRO Amit Malviya , said, "The train was not detained at the outer. ""Had the train been running on time and the railway authorities had somehow controlled the menace of overcrowding in coaches, my daughter would still have been alive," he added. The family reported the matter to the railway authorities and she was rushed to Motilal Nehru Hospital, where the doctors declared her brought dead.Talking to TOI from Delhi, Taimurnisha's father Iqbal Shaikh said, "My daughter was fine when the family boarded the train at Mughal Sarai but her condition started deteriorating in the overcrowded coach and we have lost her..