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Amritsar tragedy: Used to crossing tracks at will, Joda Phatak locals say 'we're victims, why treat us as criminals'
FirstpostFor, living right next to the railway tracks, the locals of Joda Phatak in Amritsar have become accustomed to crossing them at will. A fast-moving train ran over people, whose Dusshera celebrations had spilled onto the railway tracks in Amritsar’s Joda Phatak area on Friday, killing sixty. The railway station, bus stand, hospitals, prominent schools, markets, government and private offices and the Golden Temple are “udhar”- across the tracks - which people from Joda Phatak have to cross to get to. “Just hearing of crossing the gates hikes prices, whether or not they are ultimately found open,” says Kuldeep Singh Raju, an artificial jewellery supplier who crosses the tracks daily for work. “People are assuming that the guard at the Joda Phatak knew there was a crowd gathered at the tracks but he did not,” says Kumar, the DRM.
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