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3 Tragedies In 2 Years Highlight Mumbai's Crumbling Infrastructure
The collapse of the foot overbridge near Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station is the latest accident that raises concerns over the city's stressed infrastructure. Soon after the Mumbai bridge collapse, which left 6 dead and 33 injured, a blame game erupted between Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Corporation and the In...
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Mumbai Bridge Had Cleared Special Safety Audit Months Before Collapse
The 40-year-old Mumbai bridge that collapsed on Tuesday had cleared the railway's safety audit ordered after last year's stampede at Elphinstone railway station. This audit, conducted on 12 November 2017, did not report any "major abnormality" with the bridge", Piyush Goyal said after visiting the Gokhale bridge that had caved in early on Tuesday m...
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Railways Gives Compensation To 36 Elphinstone Bridge Stampede Victims
The Railway Claims Tribunal, Mumbai, today awarded compensation to 36 victims, which included 17 death and 19 injury cases, of the Elphinstone foot overbridge stampede, the railways said on Tuesday.
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Railways Used To Build Tanks For Army, Which Is Now Building Its Bridges
It was the end of an illustrious legacy yesterday. Once, the Indian Railways used to manufacture war tanks, hand grenades, shells, etc, in its workshops. Yesterday's decision by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal turned the tradition around. The Army's help has been sought to finish railways' job - building three foot overbridges, one each at Elphinston...
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'Will Army Fill Potholes Too?' Mumbai Bridge-Building Plan Criticised
The Army will help build a new bridge at Mumbai's Elphinstone Road train station, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced today as union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal visited the site where 23 were killed in a rush hour stampede a month ago.
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Woman Hurt As Tile Of Elphinstone Road Foot Overbridge Falls On Her Head
A woman passenger was injured at suburban Elphinstone Road railway station today when part of a tile of a Foot Overbridge (FoB) fell on her on head while she was entering the premises, an official said.
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Rain To Blame For Mumbai Stampede That Killed 23, Says Railways
The stampede at a Mumbai railway bridge that left 23 dead last month has been blamed on rain and rumours by a safety committee of the railway ministry, which does not refer to any official negligence.
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'Phool' And 'Pul' (Bridge) Mix-Up Triggered Mumbai Stampede, Says Survivor
The deadly stampede that killed 23 people and left over 30 injured in Mumbai on Friday may have been triggered by the most unfortunate of mix-ups. A flower vendor's cry of "phool gir gaya (flowers have fallen)" being mistaken as "pul gir gaya (the bridge has fallen)" might have caused the panic on a bridge linking two suburban train stations, a sur...
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Like Notes Ban, Bullet Train Will Kill Everything: P Chidambaram's Jibe At PM Modi
The day after 22 commuters died in a stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone station bridge, Congress leader P Chidambaram scaled up the attack on the bullet train project, saying the high-speed train would, like demonetisation, "kill everything else including safety".
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After 23 Die In Mumbai Stampede, Rail Minister's 1-Week Deadline For Officials
Friday's deadly stampede that killed 23 people in Mumbai, many found pressing against the railings, has spurred the government into action. Hours later, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal ordered officials to cut the red tape and start working on shorter deadlines. The minister also told them to identify critical locations prone to similar tragedies. T...
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Money For Bullet Train, Not A Mumbai Bridge: Shiv Sena's Sharp Attack
BJP ally Shiv Sena joined the opposition to launch a scathing attack on the railway ministry for the rush-hour stampede that killed 22 commuters in Mumbai today, saying the central government didn't have money to spend on a bridge used by poor commuters but "gave Rs 30,000 crores in one day" for the bullet trains.
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After Deadly Elphinstone Stampede, Tender Floated For Additional Foot Overbridge
The railways today floated a tender for an additional foot-over-bridge (FOB) at Elphinstone station in Mumbai where 22 people were killed during a stampede on the existing decades-old bridge, senior officials said.
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A Letter, 100 Tweets Had Warned About Mumbai Bridge Where 22 Were Killed
A city that will soon have a bullet train doesn't even have a safe railway bridge, commented angry residents in Mumbai after a stampede left 22 dead and over 30 wounded this morning.
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Elphinstone Stampede: 'Shocking, Shameful,' Tweet Anil Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha And Others
Over 20 people were killed and 30 got seriously injured in the stampede in Mumbai's Parel-Elphinstone Road stations
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Video: The Stampede On Elphinstone Bridge In Mumbai, 22 dead
Extremely disturbing visuals after a stampede that killed 22 people at a bridge connecting two busy train stations in Mumbai showed a pile of bodies on the narrow stairs and people hanging precariously onto a railing.
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3 Tragedies In 2 Years Highlight Mumbai's Crumbling Infrastructure
The collapse of the foot overbridge near Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station is the latest accident that raises concerns over the city's stressed infrastructure. Soon after the Mumbai bridge collapse, which left 6 dead and 33 injured, a blame game erupted between Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Corporation and the In...
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Mumbai Bridge Had Cleared Special Safety Audit Months Before Collapse
The 40-year-old Mumbai bridge that collapsed on Tuesday had cleared the railway's safety audit ordered after last year's stampede at Elphinstone railway station. This audit, conducted on 12 November 2017, did not report any "major abnormality" with the bridge", Piyush Goyal said after visiting the Gokhale bridge that had caved in early on Tuesday m...
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Railways Gives Compensation To 36 Elphinstone Bridge Stampede Victims
The Railway Claims Tribunal, Mumbai, today awarded compensation to 36 victims, which included 17 death and 19 injury cases, of the Elphinstone foot overbridge stampede, the railways said on Tuesday.
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Railways Used To Build Tanks For Army, Which Is Now Building Its Bridges
It was the end of an illustrious legacy yesterday. Once, the Indian Railways used to manufacture war tanks, hand grenades, shells, etc, in its workshops. Yesterday's decision by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal turned the tradition around. The Army's help has been sought to finish railways' job - building three foot overbridges, one each at Elphinston...
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'Will Army Fill Potholes Too?' Mumbai Bridge-Building Plan Criticised
The Army will help build a new bridge at Mumbai's Elphinstone Road train station, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced today as union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal visited the site where 23 were killed in a rush hour stampede a month ago.
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Woman Hurt As Tile Of Elphinstone Road Foot Overbridge Falls On Her Head
A woman passenger was injured at suburban Elphinstone Road railway station today when part of a tile of a Foot Overbridge (FoB) fell on her on head while she was entering the premises, an official said.
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Rain To Blame For Mumbai Stampede That Killed 23, Says Railways
The stampede at a Mumbai railway bridge that left 23 dead last month has been blamed on rain and rumours by a safety committee of the railway ministry, which does not refer to any official negligence.
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'Phool' And 'Pul' (Bridge) Mix-Up Triggered Mumbai Stampede, Says Survivor
The deadly stampede that killed 23 people and left over 30 injured in Mumbai on Friday may have been triggered by the most unfortunate of mix-ups. A flower vendor's cry of "phool gir gaya (flowers have fallen)" being mistaken as "pul gir gaya (the bridge has fallen)" might have caused the panic on a bridge linking two suburban train stations, a sur...
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Like Notes Ban, Bullet Train Will Kill Everything: P Chidambaram's Jibe At PM Modi
The day after 22 commuters died in a stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone station bridge, Congress leader P Chidambaram scaled up the attack on the bullet train project, saying the high-speed train would, like demonetisation, "kill everything else including safety".
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After 23 Die In Mumbai Stampede, Rail Minister's 1-Week Deadline For Officials
Friday's deadly stampede that killed 23 people in Mumbai, many found pressing against the railings, has spurred the government into action. Hours later, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal ordered officials to cut the red tape and start working on shorter deadlines. The minister also told them to identify critical locations prone to similar tragedies. T...
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Money For Bullet Train, Not A Mumbai Bridge: Shiv Sena's Sharp Attack
BJP ally Shiv Sena joined the opposition to launch a scathing attack on the railway ministry for the rush-hour stampede that killed 22 commuters in Mumbai today, saying the central government didn't have money to spend on a bridge used by poor commuters but "gave Rs 30,000 crores in one day" for the bullet trains.
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After Deadly Elphinstone Stampede, Tender Floated For Additional Foot Overbridge
The railways today floated a tender for an additional foot-over-bridge (FOB) at Elphinstone station in Mumbai where 22 people were killed during a stampede on the existing decades-old bridge, senior officials said.
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A Letter, 100 Tweets Had Warned About Mumbai Bridge Where 22 Were Killed
A city that will soon have a bullet train doesn't even have a safe railway bridge, commented angry residents in Mumbai after a stampede left 22 dead and over 30 wounded this morning.
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Elphinstone Stampede: 'Shocking, Shameful,' Tweet Anil Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha And Others
Over 20 people were killed and 30 got seriously injured in the stampede in Mumbai's Parel-Elphinstone Road stations
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Video: The Stampede On Elphinstone Bridge In Mumbai, 22 dead
Extremely disturbing visuals after a stampede that killed 22 people at a bridge connecting two busy train stations in Mumbai showed a pile of bodies on the narrow stairs and people hanging precariously onto a railing.
