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The tragedy that was waiting to happen has happened. The stampede on bridge connecting Elphinstone Road and Parel railway stations has left 22 dead and scores wounded. \u202c<\/p>\n<p>\u202aAlt News has found scores of tweets where commuters warned about the situation on the bridge, some even attached photographs while others pleaded for action. Those who tagged the Indian Railways got the standard response that their suggestion was being looked into.\u202c<\/p>\n<p>\u202aHere is a selection of the tweets.\u202c<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Parel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Parel<\/a> railway station foot over bridge is a disaster waiting to happen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mumbai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mumbai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37hNAHHXf2\">pic.twitter.com\/37hNAHHXf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nimish (@nimsaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nimsaw\/status\/719873097193648128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RailMinIndia<\/a> Situation at Parel Station central railway mumbai every day. Need foot bridge for office hub stations <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jIcMgwLA4C\">pic.twitter.com\/jIcMgwLA4C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayank Sangani (@ZippiE321) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZippiE321\/status\/727708905913061381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woman almost killed in stampede at Parel stn bridge. Many have been injured in the past. Help! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Central_Railway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Central_Railway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sureshpprabhu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sureshpprabhu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RailMinIndia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Pilaka (@CuttingPilaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CuttingPilaka\/status\/808907463336587265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/parel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#parel<\/a> bridge might fall with overload or there mayb a stampede.Time for the authorities 2 act.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dev_Fadnavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dev_Fadnavis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Central_Railway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Central_Railway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RailMinIndia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Srideep Datta (@srideepdatta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srideepdatta\/status\/824359422583603200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMOMaharashtra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMOMaharashtra<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Central_Railway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Central_Railway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RailMinIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sureshpprabhu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sureshpprabhu<\/a>  do some work for parel stn single bridge huge rush always one womenwas gn die<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Umesh Bhandare (@UmeshBhandare9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UmeshBhandare9\/status\/875584955203559425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5793 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway1-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway1-1-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway1-1-768x661.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway1-1-696x599.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway1-1-488x420.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5794 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway2-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway2-1-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway2-1-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway2-1-696x613.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway2-1-477x420.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spending 1llakh crores on bullet train <br \/>Do spend some on parel railway station   and build a usable FOOT OVER BRIDGE<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kunal (@the_rare_K) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_rare_K\/status\/797690162570358784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sureshpprabhu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sureshpprabhu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RailMinIndia<\/a> why there is only one bridge for parel railway station its too risky for senior citizens to reach platform.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talla Satish (@Talla_Satish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Talla_Satish\/status\/763400979861516289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5802 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway5.png 743w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway5-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway5-696x899.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway5-325x420.png 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arvind Sawant, a Shiv Sena MP had also flagged the need for a new bridge. The Railway Minister at that time, Suresh Prabhu responded that his request was under &#8220;positive consideration.&#8221; Speaking to CNN News 18 after the stampede, Sawant said, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.news18.com\/amp\/news\/india\/shiv-sena-mp-had-flagged-need-for-new-bridge-at-mumbais-elphinstone-station-2-years-ago-1532165.html\">Nothing on bridge done till date<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5796 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway3.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway3-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/mumbairailway3-285x420.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u202aEven though no action was taken on the repeated requests for the overbridge, the station was in news in July this year when it was renamed to Prabhadevi.<\/p>\n<p>\u202aIt took a tragedy of this scale to shake up the administration. Indian Railways has now come up with a series of steps after an emergency meeting with the Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">9\/Since 2.15PM MR <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiyushGoyal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PiyushGoyal<\/a> is conducting emergency meeting w\/ officials of Railways regarding various issues related to suburban section <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Np6YK3P3pt\">pic.twitter.com\/Np6YK3P3pt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailMinIndia\/status\/913777352131276800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u202aIn the aftermath of a terrorist attack, we are often told that there was actionable intelligence and despite that an attack happened. We never get to see the actionable intelligence in case of terror attacks as citizens. However, in the case of the stampede at Elphinstone-Parel overbridge, the actionable intelligence is in terms of tens of tweets that have been posted almost every week to bring to attention the disaster that was waiting to happen. \u202c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dear Indian railways, Parel &#8211; Elphinstone over bridge is a colossal disaster waiting to happen&#8220;, &#8220;@sureshpprabhu sir raised an issue of overcrowding on parel station railway bridge. Will u only act whn someone dies or there is a mishap?&#8220;&#8230;.Tweet after tweet warning of the impending disaster fell on deaf ears. 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