'Next Station- Death': How Mumbai Locals Went from Being Lifelines to Deathtraps
Four people died after falling from two overcrowded Mumbai local trains in Thane. Railway experts dissect reasons.
BY: ESHWAR
Just a few days ago, on 22 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 103 railway stations across 18 states after their renovation under the Centre's Amrit Bharat scheme.
Of these, four stations — Chinchpokli, Parel, Matunga, and Shahad — are on the Central Line of the Mumbai local train network, where four people lost their lives on Monday, 9 June, after falling onto the railway tracks from two overcrowded local trains. The investment in 15 such stations renovated under the Amrit Bharat scheme in Maharashtra alone was ₹175 crore.
"We are not against the renovation. It is very much required, considering the state of all our local train stations. But did it have to be the priority? Shouldn't people's money be prioritised to save people's lives?" asked Subhash Gupta, a Mumbai-based activist who has been working for the rights of railway passengers for the past four decades.
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