Railway Board officials said they would make a detailed note of the studies that have been undertaken after the Elphinstone Road stampede. We shall be mentioning about the infrastructure augmentation planned," said AK Saxena, Director General (Public Relations), Railway Board, in Delhi. The officials from Western Railway said that they have already sent a copy of the report to the Railway Board. Post the incident, the railways and local civic bodies have also started clearing hawkers, a major cause of congestion, from and outside railway stations. A recent circular by the Railway Board had raised concerns over the maintenance of railway bridges, stating that out of 275 such bridges, only 23 had speed restrictions on them.

Source: dna October 29, 2017 01:18 UTC