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Mumbai Rail Stampede

Sadism on the tracks: In Mumbai, commuters are treated as statistics, not humans

On the city’s train system, customers are like cattle, whose movements are sought to be confined and controlled.

Vidyadhar Date
· Oct 01, 2017 · 10:30 am
Video: Travelling in the Super Dense Crush Load of Mumbai’s local trains during rush hour

Every day, 75 lakh passengers commute on the local trains in Mumbai. Here is a glimpse of the Super Dense Crush Load.

Astha Rawat
,
Venkataraghavan Rajagopalan
&
Sujit Lad
· Oct 01, 2017 · 09:00 am
Mumbai rail stampede: In KEM hospital, survivors come to grips with cracked bones and broken dreams

A teenager from Uttar Pradesh wants to go home. A Ghatkopar man knew a tragedy like this was inevitable. A job seeker from Vashi rues a missed opportunity.

Priyanka Vora
· Oct 01, 2017 · 06:30 am

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