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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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It's Prabhadevi Now, Not Elphinstone Station In Mumbai
The Western Railways on Wednesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi, on the Mumbai's suburban section. Doing away with the British era name, a notification said the new name will come to effect from the midnight of July 18.
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Mumbai's Elphinstone Road Station To Be Renamed As Prabhadevi
In another case of changing the British era names, the Western Railway on Tuesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi on Mumbai's suburban section.
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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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New Elphinstone Foot Overbridge Opens For Public. All Details Here
Elphinstone foot overbridge at the Western Railways and two other foot overbridges at the Central line - Ambivali and Currey Road - were thrown open to public today. The three foot overbidges have been built by the Indian Army.
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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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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 Blamed For Mumbai Stampede, But Rail Officials Not Off The Hook Yet
Rain and rumours have been blamed for the stampede at a Mumbai railway bridge that killed 23 people last month. But railway officials who took 18 months to call for bids to build the new foot over-bridge at Elphinstone station may not be off the hook yet.
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Railways Evict Illegal Hawkers From Stations, Foot Overbridges
In a bid to prevent incidents like the Elphinstone station stampede that claimed 23 lives, the railway administration has undertaken a drive to evict illegal hawkers from the entry and exit points of the station as well as from the foot overbridges to ease commuter movement.
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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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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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It's Prabhadevi Now, Not Elphinstone Station In Mumbai
The Western Railways on Wednesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi, on the Mumbai's suburban section. Doing away with the British era name, a notification said the new name will come to effect from the midnight of July 18.
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Mumbai's Elphinstone Road Station To Be Renamed As Prabhadevi
In another case of changing the British era names, the Western Railway on Tuesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi on Mumbai's suburban section.
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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.
-
New Elphinstone Foot Overbridge Opens For Public. All Details Here
Elphinstone foot overbridge at the Western Railways and two other foot overbridges at the Central line - Ambivali and Currey Road - were thrown open to public today. The three foot overbidges have been built by the Indian Army.
-
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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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 Blamed For Mumbai Stampede, But Rail Officials Not Off The Hook Yet
Rain and rumours have been blamed for the stampede at a Mumbai railway bridge that killed 23 people last month. But railway officials who took 18 months to call for bids to build the new foot over-bridge at Elphinstone station may not be off the hook yet.
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Railways Evict Illegal Hawkers From Stations, Foot Overbridges
In a bid to prevent incidents like the Elphinstone station stampede that claimed 23 lives, the railway administration has undertaken a drive to evict illegal hawkers from the entry and exit points of the station as well as from the foot overbridges to ease commuter movement.
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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...
