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Elphinstone Station-Parel Stampede LIVE: 2015 CAG report had cautioned against 'structurally weak' foot over bridges; toll now 27

IndiaFP StaffSep, 29 2017 15:54:50 IST
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Elphinstone Station-Parel Stampede LIVE: 2015 CAG report had cautioned against 'structurally weak' foot over bridges; toll now 27

  • 15:54 (IST)

    Manjul's take on the Mumbai tragedy

  • 15:53 (IST)

    A lucky survivor narrartes his ordeal 

    Twenty-three year-old Anuj Kumar, who works as a tailor at Parel, left Kurla station at 10 am. However, he got stuck on the staircase. He said that a lot of people fell unconscious. However, he escaped from behind. 

  • 15:45 (IST)

    Milind Deora visits KEM Hospital 

  • 15:42 (IST)

    Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant first rang the bell

    As the South Mumbai MP, Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant had raised the issue of the structural problem associated with the Elphinstone Road station bridge. In a 2016 letter, then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had also lauded his efforts at bringing Indian Railways attention to the perennial problem. However, the letter itself pointed out that due to the paucity of financial resources, the issue does not get enough attention. 

  • 15:35 (IST)

    A survivor recounts his horror

    Ruful Amin, 22. works at Indiabulls Centre. "I got in from Kurla and got off at Parel. I got pushed on the overbridge. I was pushed and three women and two boys died in front of me. I extricated my feet from the dead. I held on to railing and fell off. A man helped me. I fainted but there were no ambulance. People carried me while crossing tracks. I was taken in a police van and brought here to KEM. I felt I would die," he said.

  • 15:31 (IST)

    Here is the list of all the injured at KEM Hospital 

  • 15:30 (IST)

    Samir Zaveri, noted railway safety actiivist, tells Firstpost 

    The stampede at the Elphinstone Road station bridge makes one wonder if there is any value for human life in the country. In any other country, the rail minister and the concerned officers would immediately be taken to task for such a horrendous state of affairs.

    Let me cite a statistic to show exactly how dire the situation is. In the Mumbai suburban system, one 12-coach local train has the capacity to carry 1,172 people. But the Railways itself has said that in peak hours, around 6,000 people travel in one train on an average. In such a situation, it is no surprise that a large number of deaths take place on the suburban system.

  • 15:26 (IST)

    Firstpost is LIVE with some of the injured at KEM Hospital

  • 15:23 (IST)

    Will Goyal keep his word?

    While Goyal has now promised to widen the foot-over bridges across Mumbai Suburban Railway system, the demand for such a move was previously made in a 2015 CAG report, which specifically highlighted the structural default in the Elphinstone Road station bridge. 

  • 15:18 (IST)

    Piyush Goyal promises to widen railway foot-over bridges

  • 15:14 (IST)

    Another life lost to government apathy 

    Mina Walekar, 34, worked at Kamgar Kalyan Nigam. She stayed at Ulhasnagar. She was coming to work but got caught in the stampede. Her friend called her phone but a police constable picked the call informing that she was dead. Her friends have identified the body.

  • 15:11 (IST)

    This is the first list of the dead released by KEM Hospital 

  • 15:08 (IST)

    ANI says 39 people are injured in the tragedy

  • 15:06 (IST)

    Read: The CAG report in 2015 which nails the poor infrastructure in Elphinstone Road station 

  • 15:05 (IST)

    This is the part of the CAG report in 2015

    "Foot Over Bridge (FOB) of six meter width was required to be provided at all suburban stations. FOBs of the prescribed size of six meter width had not been provided at all at five stations."


     

  • 15:04 (IST)

    Elphintsone Road station was under scanner for a while 

    A 2016 CAG report had said that the Foot Over Bridge is structurally weak. The report also said that the size of Foot Over Bridge was also not in line with the prevelant standards across the world. but no action was taken on the CAG report. According to CNN News18, the size of the FOB is not over 70 inches. 

  • 14:57 (IST)

    Here are the helpline numbers

  • 14:56 (IST)

    Manoj Sinha asks people to not play politics, says no issues raised on bridge's strength 

  • 14:52 (IST)

    Arun Jaitley tweets condolences

  • 14:51 (IST)

    22-year-old Hiloni Dedhia family is shattered

    The ICICI employee was a CA. She stayed at Ghatkopar. Her family got a call saying that she had fractured a foot. Her aunt came to the hospital but couldn't find her name in casualty list or dead list. They identified her from a picture. This is because name list is only of those who are identified. They are waiting for the body to be taken home.

  • 14:43 (IST)

    Rail minister Piyush Goyal speaks

    "We will order highest level of enquiry under Chief Safety Officer. there will be a capacity and safety audit of stations. We will give more importance to safety now. I have spoken to authorities.The dead will get Rs 5 lakh from the ralway, while seriously injured will get Rs 1 lakh," Goyal said.

  • 14:33 (IST)

    State minister Vinod Tawde and BJP spokesperson Shaina NC at KEM Hospital

  • 14:31 (IST)

    This was a tragedy waiting to happen

  • 14:30 (IST)

    Tragedy struck common man

    Sudhir Mishra, 30 year old labourer, went to book his ticket and got caught in the stampede. He is admitted to ICU now. A 22 year old woman, Hiloni Dedhia, who was employed with ICICI bank is also believed to  be dead. Her phone and bag were recovered from the incident site. Her father has reached KEM to identify body.

  • 14:25 (IST)

    Watch: Chaos at Parel station following the stampede

  • 14:19 (IST)

    Medical services arrived at the spot after incident

  • 14:17 (IST)

    Uddhav Thackeray reaches KEM Hospital 

  • 14:17 (IST)

    Poor infrastructure responsible for the tragedy 

  • 14:13 (IST)

    Piyush Goyal to come to Elphinstone Road 

    After visiting KEM Hospital, where the dead and the injured are being treated, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal is set to visit Elphinstone Road, the accident spot.

  • 14:09 (IST)

    Elphinstine Road area known for poor infrastructure

    One of the oldest city bridges, the Elphinstone Bridge, has been a topic of debate for some time now. This is the same stretch where renowned cardiologist Dr Deepak Amrapurkar had drowned in an open manhole late last month, News18 noted,

  • 14:05 (IST)

    NCP supremo Sharad Pawar tweets his condolences

  • 14:02 (IST)

    Helpline numbers

    Helpline numbers for Elphinstone Road North FOB incidence today: Churchgate - 22039840, Mumbai Central- 23051665, EPR- 24301614 @drmbct

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  • 14:00 (IST)

    Commotion outside KEM hospital

  • 13:53 (IST)

    Firstpost is live from KEM Hospital

    Senior BJP leader and state education minister Vinod Tawde is currently at KEM Hospital. 

  • 13:45 (IST)

  • 13:40 (IST)

    Piyush Goyal reaches Mumbai, orders high-level enquiry into tragedy

    Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal reaches Mumbai and addressed the media: "This is a very sad day and the accident that happened at the Elphinstone Road Station is extremely worrisome. I have ordered a high-level enquiry into the matter," Goyal told media gathered outside the Mumbai International airport on Friday. 

  • 13:34 (IST)

    Devendra Fadnavis announces ₹5 lakh compensation for the next of the kin of deceased; all medical expenses of the injured will be borne by Maharashtra govt

    Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered a probe into Friday's tragedy which killed 22 people. The chief minister tweeted out saying, "Enquiry will be conducted by Government of Maharashtra and Ministry of Railways and necessary, strict action will be taken."

  • 13:26 (IST)

    11-year-old boy becomes youngest casualty in Friday tragedy 

    Eleven-year-old Rohit Parab was the youngest of the casualties. According to his parents, he had gone with his older cousin to buy flowers and was on the bridge at the time of the stampede. When the parents tried to call him, the cousin picked up the phone, but it got disconnected. They could not get in touch with him again and so, they came to KEM Hospital to check if his name was on the casualties list.

  • 13:23 (IST)

  • 13:23 (IST)

    Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweets 

  • 13:22 (IST)

    Piyush Goyal lands in Mumbai

  • 13:17 (IST)

    To save lives, people broke galvanised sheets along the station and ensured injured got off the bridge: Eyewitness tells Firstpost

    An eyewitness, Ajay Ghate, a Network18 employee, was at Elphinstone Road Station during the time of accident. According to Ghate, the chaos at the foot-over bridge started due to rumours of short circuit then later that the bridge had collapsed. People panicked and in the rush to get off the bridge, caused heavy casualties. 

    People were stranded on northern side of the Elphinstone bridge and the staircase towards the Dadar end due to sudden gush of heavy rains. As the crowd on the bridge showed no signs of dissipating, people started breaking the galvanised sheets along the bridge and threw several of the injured people down the bridge so that they don't suffocate and die.

    According to Ghate, who was on the bridge, atleast 7-8 people died on the spot. There were just 2-3 RPF staff to help the injured people at the time of stampede. Police officials came to the spot almost 45 minutes after the incident.

  • 13:14 (IST)

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets condolences

    Modi tweeted and said that railway minister Piyush Goyal is in Mumbai to take stock of situation.

  • 13:12 (IST)

    BMC helpline numbers 

    022-24136051
    022-24107020
    022-24131419

  • 13:09 (IST)

    Harrowing videos surface from tragedy at Elphinstone Road Station 
     

    In videos that Firstpost received commuters can be heard trying to break the plastic sheets that are fixed along the bridge in an attempt to get off the packed foot-over bridge.

  • 13:05 (IST)

  • 13:04 (IST)

    WATCH: Chaos at Elphinstone Road Station

  • 12:56 (IST)

    Piyush Goyal is on his way to Mumbai, sources tell Firstpost

  • 12:51 (IST)

    Western Railways' medical team at the scene

    According to Western Railway, a medical team is assisting KEM Hospital in treating injured at the North foot-over bridge at the Elphistone Road.

  • 12:48 (IST)

Load More

At least three people are dead and over 20 injured in a stampede at Elphinstone Road station on Friday, Times Now reported.

According to the report, the stampede took place on a narrow footover bridge at the station at around 10.45 am.

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According to the report, a possible short curcuit after heavy early morning rainfall could have led to the stampede.

The Disaster Management Unit as well fire tenders are at the spot, Times Now reported.


Published Date: Sep 29, 2017 03:17 pm | Updated Date: Sep 29, 2017 03:54 pm


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