Woman jumps off Delhi’s Akshardham Metro Station, saved

CISF personnel noticed the woman climbing the ledge at platform number two of the station around 7:30 am

Published on: Apr 14, 2022, 16:22:20 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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A woman was injured after she jumped off a ledge at New Delhi’s Akshardham metro station on Thursday even as Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel deployed there rushed to save her using a blanket. She was later rushed to a hospital for treatment.

A view near Akshardham, the entire area engulfed in thick smog in New Delhi, India, on Monday, November 15, 2021. (HT Photo)

The CISF personnel noticed the woman climbing the ledge at platform number two of the station around 7:30 am. In a video that went viral on social media, CISF personnel are seen trying to convince her to come down. The second team of CISF and civil employees separately arranged the blanket and positioned themselves on the ground, where the woman jumped.

In the video, the woman is seen jumping off the ledge and falling down three storeys on the blanket.

“Despite persuasion, she jumped off but the people on the ground managed to catch her. Due to the severity of the fall, she sustained severe injuries...but her life has been saved,” the CISF said in a statement. Officials said it was not immediately clear why she climbed and jumped off the ledge.

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Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More