On the 9th day of the Navratri, Mumbai woke up to a tragic morning. 22 people were killed and several got injured due to the stampede at an overbridge which is situated between Elphinstone Road and Lower Parel Railway stations. The happened apparently after the crowd of commuters heard a loud sound and the normal morning became a bloody chaos.
Moments of tragedy captured in this video.
VIDEO: Moment of #Elphinstone stampede near Mumbai's Parel area, caught on mobile phone
LIVE updates https://t.co/ySQrp065mM pic.twitter.com/e93VNPR1ID
— NDTV (@ndtv) September 29, 2017
The ironic incident was a ticking time bomb and apathy of governance is the major cause of loss of lives. Commuters have been complaining about the poor condition of infrastructure at the stations but the authorities never took action to improve the safety standards of the railway stations which cater to commuters more than the capacity on daily basis.
Apparently, authorities were warned about the possibility of a stampede.
#Elphinstone A tragedy captured in 4 tweets. pic.twitter.com/HxpyFXqhFV
— Kawaljit Singh Bedi (@kawaljit) September 29, 2017
From common man to celebrities; the new has left everyone shocked and disgruntled. Several people Tweeted to express their anguish and disenchantment towards the government in its failure to improve the existing infrastructure.
Changing names from #Elphinstone Station to #PrabhadeviStation gets votes but doesn't save lives. Building better bridges does @PiyushGoyal pic.twitter.com/OBgyCLl0hN
— Mohd Mairaj (@Mairajaimim) September 29, 2017
Very sad to hear about #Elphinstone tragedy. India's infrastructure is just 25% of requirement for 1300 Million people to live comfortably.
— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) September 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/anbu2089/status/913673957340979200
Apparently, a loud sound at #Elphinstone caused people to panic.
And led to this terrible stampede.Probably the sound of govt. apathy.
— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) September 29, 2017
I want @PiyushGoyal 2 travel in Virat fast at 7 pm from Churchgate and get down at Borivali then he will know the reality #Elphinstone
— Balaji Iyer (@balajireal) September 29, 2017
What Mumbai needs:
Better infrastructure.What Mumbai gets:
Name changes. #Elphinstone— Mihir Bijur (@MihirBijur) September 29, 2017
How is this terrible tragedy at #Elphinstone a govt. issue?
I did some maths.
We put "nationalism" over infrastructure.#Priorities pic.twitter.com/5BYtvkTxMg— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) September 29, 2017
A city u cant breathe, u cant find a place to live, you risk ur life traveling to work. City of Dreams or City of Nightmares? #elphinstone
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) September 29, 2017
Dear Govt. what steps will you do to ensure such accident doesn't repeat at #Elphinstone Rd Stn?
Answer – We will rename it to Prabhadevi
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) September 29, 2017
They'll pay 5 lakhs to the families of people who lost their lives? That's not enough. Resign from the damn post. Go to prison. #Elphinstone
— Nupur Malankar (@ThisisNoopur) September 29, 2017
If people are dying of stampede in a train station of financial capital of the country, something somewhere is terribly wrong #Elphinstone
— The Frustrated Indian (@FrustIndian) September 29, 2017
Mumbai's suburban network is creaking. 10 die daily crossing tracks, falling from trains, collapse, stampede. Nobody fixes it. #Elphinstone
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) September 29, 2017
#Elphinstone just a stroke of luck that I am unwell and I am at home or usually I travel at the same time from the same station!!
— Niyati (@Niyati_Tiwari_) September 29, 2017
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