Railways must take every step to prevent stampedes
Updated On: 12 December, 2025 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Photographs accompanying our report show a long line of commuters using a narrow bridge
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A stampede-like crowd builds up at Prabhadevi as commuters use the only busy east-west bridges, while the new south-end bridge remains largely unused. Pics/Shadab Khan
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It is not surprising that our report on Prabhadevi station witnessing stampede-like conditions after the shutdown of the Elphinstone Road bridge has elicited an avalanche of responses.
With two of the bridge’s staircases closed for demolition, thousands of commuters are now funnelling onto a narrow foot overbridge to move between the east and west, causing severe crowding during rush hours.
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