The protesters demanded that railway personnel should be posted at the crossing to avoid such accidents.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday faced protests during his visit here to get a first hand account of the train-school van collision that left 13 children dead.

As Mr. Adityanath reached the accident spot after visiting the district hospital, an angry crowd raised slogans against the railway and local authorities.

The Chief Minister tried to pacify them using a megaphone. “Narebazi band karo, nautanki band karo” [stop raising slogans, stop this drama]. I have come here to express my sympathies,” he said.

However, the protesters were not satisfied and some of them squatted on the railway track.

They demanded that railway personnel should be posted at the level-crossing to avoid such accidents.

Members of the Bar Council, Kushinagar, also complained about the “irresponsible attitude” of the district hospital staff. “As soon as they saw 13 bodies, senior officials of district hospital at Kushinagar referred four injured children and the driver to the BRD Hospital without even administering first aid,” they told the Chief Minister.