Elphintstone Road Tragedy at Prabhadevi

• Last week there was stampede and deaths at the commercial capital of India Mumbai.
• It is like a scene from the dark ages.
• It is a joke on people of India and Mumbai when Narendra Modi has launched Bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and now this tragedy.
• Narendra Modi and BJP should improve existing infrastructure instead of trying to build a Bullet train.
• When will people of Mumbai and India get a good infrastructure that they deserve and be proud of.
• Surely new local trains can be introduced with new coaches and all.
• Bullet trains are least of necessity.
• I am aware of the foot over bridge between Parel and Elphinstone Road station.
• Also am aware of renaming of Elphinstone Road to Prabhadevi.
• https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/mumbais-chhatrapati-shivaji-terminus-elphinstone-station-renamed-1690420
•  Now paid media is covering the news as Elphinstone Road tragedy.
• Why are they doing like this?
• They only want to drag Lord Elphinstone name into the tragedy.
• They fail to realise that the station has already been renamed as Prabhadevi.
• Why cant they call the disaster as Prabhadevi tragedy assuming the tragedy happened at Western railway corner. 
• If it happened at Central Railway end of the foot over bridge it should be called as Parel tragedy
• The Parel station is part of Central railway and Elphinstone Road is part of Western railway.
• There is only one foot over bridge which goes all the way from one platform in Western railway to the platform in Central railway.
• Dadar station is also linked but there are several foot over bridges and very wide foot over bridges are there.
• But in Elphinstone Road there is only one bridge.
• Dadar is a big station where long distance trains also halt but Parel and Elphinstone Road are the stations where only local trains halt.
• They are dragging Lord Elphinston name and want to absolve themselves of responsibilty which is shameless.
• They should take ownership and call it as Prabhadevi disaster.
• Nothing to be ashamed of own failures.
• Disaster is our Indian people own making. Not to blame Lord Elphinstone for the mess.
• Since it came under a no man land where Central Railway and Western railway areas meet they did not take responsibilty and did not improve the infrastructure.
• It is also that area where water always collects first during heavy rains in Mumbai.
• I know it from personal experience when water filled up in year 2000 while I was going to office for audit work and after 30 minutes waiting in stationary train we got down and walked.
• Local people had formed a human chain to help the train passengers avoiding wandering off and (supposedly) drowning.