Commuters face problems as two bridges, one with the BMC and the other with railways in Kurla shut overnight without adequate preparedness and prior notice to the public.
Pic courtesy/Twitter/Ashish Sharma
The closing of two bridges, one with the BMC and the other with railways at Kurla station, caused much inconvenience to peak-hour commuters at the busy Mumbai railway station. According to commuters, the bridges were shut without adequate preparedness and prior notice to the public, that lead to a chaotic situation. Commuters were mainly worried that a stampede-like situation could have taken place with too much crowd on the bridge.
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Mid-day got the Central Railway general manager Devendra Sharma and local Assistant Municipal Commissioner to intervene after which some order was restored by evening rush hour after.
Netizens reacted to this move on the social media platform, Twitter with some expressing surprise over the closure while others chose to keep the commuters informed about the situation.
Kurla station at morning peak hours. Another stampede waiting to Happen. @rpfcr doing a great job. The bridge shut needs to be repaired ASAP before any untoward accident. @Central_Railway pic.twitter.com/kvThEHugqL
— Annie (@annette193) April 3, 2019
it feels like i came out of death here #Kurla Railway station Bridge
— N123 (@FlashT123) April 2, 2019
One bridge is closed for unexplained reasons.... people may die due to so much crowd on the bridge... railway police can't also help us... plz do something quickly @PiyushGoyal @RailMinIndia @rpfcrbb
âÂÂu00c2u0081¦@Central_RailwayâÂÂu00c2u0081© —
— Madhavi Joshi (@madhavi_rj) April 2, 2019
Why are there no indicators working on kurla stn? Even the indicators on foot over bridge are not working. ðÂÂu00c2u009f¤ÂÂu00c2u0094 pic.twitter.com/E4GpSOUGwk
Today morning kurla station Mumbai, Foot over bridge was shut coz maintenance and people were forced to take other bridge. @PiyushGoyal sir hope such case should not become a reason for stampede. pic.twitter.com/b2ssMEyhzZ
— Ankit Taunk (@nkit_taunk) April 2, 2019
Rush at Footover bridge at Kurla station PF8
— Ashish SharmaãÂÂu00c2u0085¤ãÂÂu00c2u0085¤ãÂÂu00c2u0085¤ãÂÂu00c2u0085¤ (@ashish_speaks) April 2, 2019
Time taken-
Vashi to kurla- 25 min
Kurla PF8 to PF-25 min
Bullet train, economic superpower, 5th largest economy, military satellite in space Sab secondary h, this is priority for me @Dev_Fadnavis@narendramodi@PiyushGoyal #bridges pic.twitter.com/gP1ryqUJBJ
Commuters overcrowding footover bridge after unplanned blocking of staircases at Kurla station. Police personnel warned, bt it's impossible to reach the next bridge amidst crowd. Took over 15 mins to get out of the station. @MCGM_BMC , pls help. pic.twitter.com/JQr81NU0Qr
— Debangana Ghosh (@debanganaghosh4) April 2, 2019
@drmbct @Central_Railway @RailMinIndia @BJP4Maharashtra look at this Kurla railway station bridge. Are we waiting for more 100 ppl to loose their lives? pic.twitter.com/Snsf14UQaE
— Labhesh Vaidya (@LabheshV) April 2, 2019
Earlier, on March 2019, Central Railway sealed a food stall at Kurla station after a video of an unhygienic lemon juice preparation shot by commuter from the foot overbridge went viral on social media. In the video, the vendor was seen preparing the juice with bare hands and impure water stored in the water tanks on the roof top of the canteen. The railways are replacing the roof of the platform and hence the activities of the vendor were visible.
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