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Railways orders comprehensive probe into Aurangabad accidentThe Railways has ordered a comprehensive probe into the Aurangabad accident in which 16 migrants workers who were sleeping on the tracks we...- Maharashra accident: Rail safety watchdog calls for 'abundant caution' to avoid recurrence of such incidentThe Commission of Railway Safety, which investigates all serious rail accidents and clears all rail projects, also said that now that such ...
- Government college buildings in Maharashtra to be audited for first timeThe structural fitness of government college buildings in the state will be audited for the first time.The state plans a safety check on ca...
- Mumbai saw a death every second day this monsoonSince June, 45 people have died in incidents ranging from tree falls, drowning and electrocution to building collapses, according to the BM...
- Damning secret behind Andheri overbridge collapse is outA bridge inspector from the railway’s Andheri section had carried out a detailed survey of the 47-year-old bridge in April and found large-...
- Five injured as bridge falls near Andheri stationThe bridge collapse, coupled with the heavy rains, threw life in the Maximum City out of gear as trains came to a halt for a large part of ...
- Indian Railways to fast track work to ensure commuter safetyTwenty-three people were killed and 35 others injured in a stampede that broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge at the Elphinstone Road s...
- Western Railway probe blames heavy rain for Mumbai stampedeAccording to the report, the stampede was caused by heavy rains which forced people outside at the ticket counters to rush to the already j...
- Elphinstone Stampede: High Court pulls up activists for closing eyes to problemOn September 29, a stampede on the stairwell of a narrow foot over bridge (FOB) at the station left 23 dead and over 30 injured.
- PILs in Bombay High Court seek judicial inquiry, NIA probe into stampedePetitioners have also demanded that the railways remove bottlenecks on overbridges, instal escalators and create multiple entry and exit po...
- Railways to spend Rs 15,000 crore on safety next yearThe money will be spent on improving safety features on trains, tracks and stations on a “war footing”, a top railway ministry official sai...
- In the wake of Mumbai stampede, Railways announces measures to improve passenger safetyRailways has also decided to delegate financial and administration powers to field units by October 2017 to reduce red tape and push develo...
- 2010 stampede taught Delhi to control crowd at railway stationsIn 2010, two festive-season travellers died and several others were injured after a last minute change of platform was announced for a Patn...
- Mumbai rail situation ‘grim’, said panel in 2012The panel said an estimated 15,000 people die on tracks every year because of trespassing. "Of this, 6,000 deaths or 40 per cent of the cas...
- 22 crushed to death in Mumbai station stampede; Rail minister orders probeA desperate attempt to avoid a sudden burst of heavy rains forced people to crowd together in a narrow, decades-old bridge leading to the d...
- Government priorities skewed, say ally & Opposition after Mumbai stampedeHundreds of Shiv Sena activists shouted slogans against Goyal and Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde near the KEM Hospital when the...
- Government to conduct safety, capacity audit of suburban FOBs: Piyush Goyal"A complete safety and capacity audit of all the FOBs across the suburban train network will be conducted," he said.
- Mumbai stampede: Fadnavis promises strict action, announces 5 lakh ex-gratiaFadnavis, who is on a two-day investor-interaction visit to Singapore, expressed condolences and said, "My heart goes out to the families w...
- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi condole Mumbai stampede deathsNaidu tweeted, "My deepest condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their dear ones and wish a speedy recovery to the injured."
- Anguished by the loss of lives in Mumbai stampede: President Ram Nath KovindAt least 22 people were killed and several injured in a rush hour stampede on a foot over-bridge linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburba...
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