Passenger safety first, no budgetary restriction: Piyush Goyal after Mumbai stampede
The declared decisions were taken in a high-level meeting on Railways Safety in Mumbai on Saturday.
As a part of the decisions taken, Goyal said that Foot Over Bridges (FOBs), platforms and pathways on platform end to have highest priority as safety items with no budgetary restriction.
After the stampede, additional escalators have been sanctioned at crowded Mumbai suburban stations and thereafter for all high traffic stations.
During the meeting, Goyal said: "Every commuter of Mumbai Suburban is as important as a Rajdhani Passenger and should be treated like one."
"With actionable measures, Govt. will ensure that every Mumbaikar get the best of "Suraksha" & "Suvidha" while travelling in suburban trains," said he.
The toll in Mumbai's Elphinstone railway station stampede rose to 23 on Sunday after a person succumbed to his injuries on Saturday.
The tragedy occurred on Friday morning on a narrow footbridge linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban railway stations. Altogether 38 people were also injured.
Police officials attributed the stampede to the rains and overcrowding.
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