Mumbai Rail Stampede
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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
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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
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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
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‘It’s not panic that kills’: A basic guide to detecting signs of a stampede – and escaping it
Keep your hands by your chest; move sideways; avoid railings and walls; if you fall, turn on your side, protect your head with your hands and draw in your legs.
Karen Rebelo, Boomlive.in
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Mumbai stampede: We won’t allow bullet train until local railway is revamped, says Raj Thackeray
The MNS chief said his party would march to the Western Railway headquarter in Mumbai on October 5.
Scroll Staff
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Why should Mumbaikars risk life and limb just to get to work?
16 people stand in every square metre of Mumbai’s local trains, also known as the Super Dense Crush Load.
Smitha Nair
Video
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Watch: Pilot makes a special announcement with baby daughter to celebrate her first flight with him
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Watch: Musicians Shantanu Moitra and Papon collaborate for this year’s Earth Hour India anthem
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Watch: At 123 feet, this dosa made in Bengaluru is the longest in the world
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Watch: Stampede-like situation at a temple in UP as lakhs of devotees visit for pre-Holi festivities
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Mumbai stampede: Opposition says money should have been spent on repairing bridge, not bullet train
The Shiv Sena said it had written to the ministry several times to repair the Elphinstone Road Railway Station bridge.
Scroll Staff
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Video: Is it possible to decongest Mumbai's local train system?
Sudhir Badami, an urban transport expert, explains.
Smitha Nair & Makrand Sanghvi
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The Mumbai rail stampede was waiting to happen. Here’s how we can prevent a similar tragedy
We need to build a a city where people are encouraged to walk or take public transport, and not get killed for doing so.
Madhav Pai
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‘Stampede, stampede, stampede’: Nearly 100 tweets since 2013 prophesied tragedy at Elphinstone Road
Some tweets, which tagged the Railways as well as the Railways Minister, got standard replies.
Boom Factcheck Team
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Mumbai stampede: Mother of eight-month-old baby, friends shopping for flowers among the 22 victims
At KEM hospital, relatives in Navratri finery await bodies of their relatives killed in Friday’s tragedy.
Priyanka Vora
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Why the stampede at the Elphinstone Road railway station was waiting to happen
Mumbai’s local trains are equipped to handle only half of the 3,60,000 passengers they carry per hour during peak hours everyday.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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