New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Hours after a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station claimed at least 18 lives, railway staff worked through the night to clear the horrific remains of the tragic incident. Shoes, torn bags, scattered clothes, and abandoned food lay across platforms 14 and 15 -- serving as grim reminder of the chaos that unfolded just hours earlier.

By Sunday morning, workers were seen sweeping away the debris, collecting personal belongings, to restore normalcy at the busy station, but the tragedy left scars that could not be so easily erased. A railway staffer, who spent hours clearing the wreckage, described the scene as "one of the worst" he ever witnessed.

"There were belongings everywhere' -- slippers without their pairs, ha...