Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 16 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday expressed sadness over the stampede at the New Delhi railway station that killed 18 people. He called for stringent measures to prevent such incidents in the future.

"It's a very sad situation. These are the kinds of human losses for which there is absolutely no compensation," Tharoor told ANI.

"We have seen an unknown number of deaths in the Kumbh Mela itself... Whenever we have an uncontrolled number of crowds, it seems that we are inviting such kinds of incidents. More stringent measures need to be taken because safeguarding human life should be the number one priority," he added.

The incident happened around 10 pm when thousands of devotees were heading to Prayagra...