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Demolition Of Mumbai's Century-Old Elphinstone Bridge Begins, Traffic Advisory Issued
Demolition of the more-than-century-old Elphinstone Road Over Bridge (ROB), a crucial east-west link in central Mumbai, began on Friday evening to facilitate its reconstruction.
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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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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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To Avoid Incidents Like Elphinstone Stampede, Woman Home Guards Inducted
To avoid a tragedy like the Elphinstone Road stampede, which claimed 23 lives, Western Railway (WR) has roped in personnel of Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSSC) and woman home guards for crowd management at suburban stations.
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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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Congress, NCP Claim Maharashtra Government Colluded With MNS For Evicting Hawkers
The Congress and the NCP slammed the MNS for forcibly evicting illegal hawkers from a railway bridge and claimed that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is "hand-in-gloves" with the Raj Thackeray-led party.
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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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Mumbai Stampede: Petitions Seek Action, Court Asks 'Why Wake Up After Tragedy?
Activists in Mumbai were pulled up by the high court for being casual about the safety of commuters and "waking up" to the "serious and sensitive" issue only after the Elphinstone Road station stampede killed 23 and injured many.
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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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Mumbai Stampede: Was Woman Molested? Cops Investigate
A viral video has led the police to investigate another alleged crime that occurred after the stampede on the Elphinstone Road station foot overbridge (FOB). The video shows a woman allegedly being molested by a person who came to help the trapped people, as she lay amid the pile of victims on the FOB.
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Mumbai's Many Bullet Trains (They Kill Without Bullets)
The stampede at Elphinstone Station brings up a million questions about our system and our priorities.
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Sena Men Allegedly Assault Senior Doctor For Marking Mumbai Stampede Victims
A group of Shiv Sena workers barged in to Mumbai's KEM Hospital on Saturday and allegedly assaulted a senior doctor formarking of bodies of the Elphinstone Road station stampede victims, police said. They overpowered him and tried to scribble on his forehead last evening, a senior police officer said.
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Stampede Victim's Jewellery Thieves In Mumbai Police's Sights
Visuals have emerged showing some people allegedly stealing ornaments from a victim of the stampede at a railway station here, prompting the Mumbai Police to launch a probe.
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Not Excuse But Inherited Big Problems, Says Railways Minister: 10 Facts
Targeted for Friday's stampede in Mumbai that killed 23, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal fought off the perception that the government didn't want to invest in safety of suburban commuters but found money for the bullet train. After spending nine hours at meetings, closeted with top bureaucrats, Mr Goyal gave officials powers to spend on safety-rela...
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Demolition Of Mumbai's Century-Old Elphinstone Bridge Begins, Traffic Advisory Issued
Demolition of the more-than-century-old Elphinstone Road Over Bridge (ROB), a crucial east-west link in central Mumbai, began on Friday evening to facilitate its reconstruction.
-
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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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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To Avoid Incidents Like Elphinstone Stampede, Woman Home Guards Inducted
To avoid a tragedy like the Elphinstone Road stampede, which claimed 23 lives, Western Railway (WR) has roped in personnel of Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSSC) and woman home guards for crowd management at suburban stations.
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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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Congress, NCP Claim Maharashtra Government Colluded With MNS For Evicting Hawkers
The Congress and the NCP slammed the MNS for forcibly evicting illegal hawkers from a railway bridge and claimed that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is "hand-in-gloves" with the Raj Thackeray-led party.
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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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Mumbai Stampede: Petitions Seek Action, Court Asks 'Why Wake Up After Tragedy?
Activists in Mumbai were pulled up by the high court for being casual about the safety of commuters and "waking up" to the "serious and sensitive" issue only after the Elphinstone Road station stampede killed 23 and injured many.
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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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Mumbai Stampede: Was Woman Molested? Cops Investigate
A viral video has led the police to investigate another alleged crime that occurred after the stampede on the Elphinstone Road station foot overbridge (FOB). The video shows a woman allegedly being molested by a person who came to help the trapped people, as she lay amid the pile of victims on the FOB.
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Mumbai's Many Bullet Trains (They Kill Without Bullets)
The stampede at Elphinstone Station brings up a million questions about our system and our priorities.
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Sena Men Allegedly Assault Senior Doctor For Marking Mumbai Stampede Victims
A group of Shiv Sena workers barged in to Mumbai's KEM Hospital on Saturday and allegedly assaulted a senior doctor formarking of bodies of the Elphinstone Road station stampede victims, police said. They overpowered him and tried to scribble on his forehead last evening, a senior police officer said.
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Stampede Victim's Jewellery Thieves In Mumbai Police's Sights
Visuals have emerged showing some people allegedly stealing ornaments from a victim of the stampede at a railway station here, prompting the Mumbai Police to launch a probe.
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Not Excuse But Inherited Big Problems, Says Railways Minister: 10 Facts
Targeted for Friday's stampede in Mumbai that killed 23, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal fought off the perception that the government didn't want to invest in safety of suburban commuters but found money for the bullet train. After spending nine hours at meetings, closeted with top bureaucrats, Mr Goyal gave officials powers to spend on safety-rela...
