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{{Short description|Stampede which took place in Mumbai}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox event
| title = Elphinstone Road Stampede
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| date = 29 September 2017
| place = [[Elphinstone Road railway station]]<br />[[Mumbai]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|19.007533|N|72.835976|E|display=inline,title}}
| cause = Overcrowding of Pedestrian foot over bridge
| reported injuries = 50
| reported death(s) = 23<ref>{{cite news|title=Death toll in Ephinstone stampede in Mumbai rises to 23|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/mumbai-stampede-3-killed-20-injured-in-stampede-in-elphinstone-railway-stations-foot-overbridge/article9879255.ece|publisher=[[The Hindu Business Line]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mumbai Prabhadevi Station Stampede LIVE: 22 Dead, Shiv Sena Calls It a 'Massacre'|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/mumbai-prabhadevi-station-stampede-live-piyush-goyal-orders-probe-1531713.html|publisher=[[News18.com]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref> to 27<ref>{{cite news|title=Elphinstone Station Stampede: 27 people dead, more than 30 injured in Mumbai|url=http://www.abplive.in/videos/elphinstone-station-stampede-27-people-dead-more-than-30-injured-in-mumbai-586424|publisher=[[ABP News]]|date=29 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001075945/http://www.abplive.in/videos/elphinstone-station-stampede-27-people-dead-more-than-30-injured-in-mumbai-586424|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| reported missing =
| reported property damage =
| inquiries = High-level Enquiry
| inquest =Chief Safety Officer of Western Railways<br />
Government of Maharashtra<br />
Ministry of Railways
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On 29 September 2017, a [[stampede]] broke out at the sub-urban [[Elphinstone Road railway station]] in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zanane|first1=Anant R|last2=Marwaha|first2=Nonika|title=22 Dead, Many Injured in Stampede Near Mumbai's Elphinstone Station|url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/elphinstone-railway-station-stampede-at-overbridge-several-injured-1756677|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref> At least 23 people were killed and 39 others were injured in the stampede.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|title=Elphinstone Road station stampede: 22 dead, 39 hurt; government announces compensation, orders probe|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mumbai-stampede-22-dead-39-hurt-government-announces-ex-gratia-orders-probe/articleshow/60882899.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref> The incident took place between the [[Parel railway station]] and Elphinstone road railway station.

==Incident==
On the morning of 29 September 2017, around 10:30 am local time, a stampede erupted on a [[footbridge]] at the suburban Elphinstone road railway station in Mumbai which connects two of the city's major suburban lines.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Hari|title=Stampede at Mumbai Railway Station Kills at Least 22|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/mumbai-railway-stampede-elphinstone.html|access-date=30 September 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Nikhil|title=Mumbai stampede kills 22, injures 35 at train station|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/29/asia/india-mumbai-stampede/index.html|access-date=30 September 2017|work=[[CNN]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>

==Cause==
The incident occurred during the morning rush hour at Elphinstone road station, when four trains arrived simultaneously at the station.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/elphinstone-railway-station-stampede-at-overbridge-several-injured-1756677|title=22 Dead, Many Injured in Stampede Near Mumbai's Elphinstone Station|work=NDTV.com|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/india-stampede-mumbai-elphinstone/stampede-in-mumbai-kills-at-least-22-idINKCN1C40N7|title=Stampede in Mumbai kills at least 22|last=Tripathy|first=Rajendra Jadhav and Devidutta|work=IN|access-date=30 September 2017|language=en-IN}}</ref> It was further raining at the time and there were already numerous people crammed into the narrow bridge.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Mumbai railway station stampede kills 22 amid heavy rain|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41439379|access-date=30 September 2017|work=[[BBC]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Guardian" /> Someone may have slipped and fell when passengers resumed their travel after the rain, leading to the stampede.<ref name="thehansindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/National/2017-09-29/Mumbai-stampede-22-killed-over-39-injured/330015|title=Mumbai stampede: 22 killed, over 39 injured|website=The Hans India}}</ref>

A rumour that the pedestrian bridge was collapsing may have caused the passengers to surge forwards to flee.<ref name="Telegraph"/> According to a witness, the situation worsened as police and emergency officials did not respond immediately or enforce crowd control measures.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|last1=Boyle|first1=Danny|title=Mumbai station stampede kills at least 22 amid rumour bridge was collapsing|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/29/mumbai-station-stampede-kills-least-15-amid-rumour-bridge-collapsing/|access-date=30 September 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>

At least 23 people died<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chaubey|first1=Vedika|title=Elphinstone stampede: death toll climbs to 23|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/elphinstone-stampede-death-toll-climbs-to-23/article19777052.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 September 2017}}</ref> and 39 others were injured in the stampede. According to a hospital's official, most of the people who died suffered from chest compression and [[haemorrhage]] due to injuries.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shelar|first1=Jyoti|title=Crushed: What happened at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road railway station|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/crushed-what-happened-at-mumbais-elphinstone-road-railway-station/article19775921.ece|access-date=30 September 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>

==Police investigation==
"The overbridge of Elphinstone station was overcrowded and due to rain it got slippery too. This caused panic and resulted in the stampede," said Atul Shrivastav, IG of the Railway Protection Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/mumbai-prabhadevi-station-stampede-live-piyush-goyal-orders-probe-1531713.html|title=Mumbai Prabhadevi Station Stampede LIVE: 22 Dead, Shiv Sena Calls It a 'Massacre'|date=29 September 2017}}</ref> A case of Accidental Death (ADR), was registered at the Dadar Police Station. S. Jaykumar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Central Region), Mumbai also stated that overcrowding was a factor.<ref name="thehansindia.com"/>

==Reactions==
[[Piyush Goyal]], the then [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]], announced a compensation of ₨.10 [[lakh]] or about $15,200 for the victims.<ref name="toi"/>

[[President of India]], [[Ram Nath Kovind]] expressed grief over the "loss of lives in the stampede in Mumbai".<ref name="AJ">{{cite news|title=India: At least 22 killed in Mumbai station stampede|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/india-21-killed-mumbai-station-stampede-170929065856723.html|access-date=30 September 2017|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>
[[Prime Minister of India]], [[Narendra Modi]] expressed his condolences to "all those who have lost their lives due to the stampede in Mumbai", in a tweet. .<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Modi Condoles Stampede Incident Near Mumbai's Elphinstone Station|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-narendra-modi-condoles-stampede-incident-near-mumbais-elphinstone-station-1756742|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>

[[Venkaiah Naidu]], the Vice President; [[Devendra Fadnavis]], Chief Minister of Maharashtra; [[Mamata Banerjee]], Chief Minister of Bengal<ref>{{cite news|title=Stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone railway station|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/stampede-at-mumbai-elphinstone-railway-station/liveblog/60879786.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref> and opposition leader [[Rahul Gandhi]] also expressed condolences over the deaths caused by the stampede.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi condole Mumbai stampede deaths|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/vice-president-m-venkaiah-naidu-pm-narendra-modi-condole-mumbai-stampede-deaths/articleshow/60881965.cms|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>

[[Shiv Sena]] called the stampede "a public massacre of the people by the government".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/22-dead-35-injured-in-stampede-at-mumbai-s-elphinstone-road-station/story-oqPqfPrr7p0C9pE9W8SNPK.html|title=22 dead, 35 injured in stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road station|date=29 September 2017|work=The Hindustan Times|access-date=30 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Many Indians took to social media and called out the government for spending on projects such as a new bullet train from Mumbai to [[Ahmedabad]] in [[Gujarat]], instead of focusing on basic infrastructure.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/29/stampede-mumbai-railway-station-rush-hour|title=Mumbai railway station stampede kills at least 22|last1=Safi|first1=Michael|date=29 September 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-stampede-no-need-for-bullets-callousness-kills/articleshow/60889173.cms|title=Mumbai stampede: No need for bullets, callousness kills|work=The Times of India|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref> Many media reports criticised the infrastructure in the station and reported the incident as a tragedy which was ''waiting to happen''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorials/indifference-callousness-and-lack-of-accountability-caused-the-elphinstone-station-disaster/story-RJj21MzvZPSmyw4ca3j1VP.html|title=Indifference, callousness and lack of accountability caused the Elphinstone station disaster|date=29 September 2017|work=The Hindustan Times|access-date=30 September 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/a-letter-many-tweets-had-warned-about-mumbai-bridge-where-22-were-killed-1756836|title=A Letter, 100 Tweets Had Warned About Mumbai Bridge Where 22 Were Killed|work=NDTV.com|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://asiatimes.com/article/mumbai-rail-stampede-tragedy-prevented/|title=Mumbai stampede tragedy could have been prevented|access-date=30 September 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/852419/mumbai-rail-stampede-was-waiting-to-happen-heres-how-we-can-prevent-another-similar-tragedy|title=The Mumbai rail stampede was waiting to happen. Here’s how we can prevent a similar tragedy|last=Pai|first=Madhav|work=Scroll.in|access-date=30 September 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/elphinstone-road-station-stampede-behind-the-tragedy-large-scale-neglect-of-infrastructure-4867772/|title=Elphinstone Road station stampede: Behind the tragedy, large-scale neglect of infrastructure|date=30 September 2017|work=The Indian Express|access-date=30 September 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena|MNS]] chief [[Raj Thackeray]] warned PM that he would not allow a single brick to be placed for the bullet train in [[Mumbai]], until the infrastructure of local railways was made better.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nair|first1=Arun|title=Mumbai Stampede: PM Modi 'Liar', Won't Allow Bullet Trains in Mumbai, Says Raj Thackeray|url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/raj-thackeray-blames-migrants-for-mumbai-stampede-that-left-22-dead-1757069|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=30 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Ashna|title=Raj Thackeray threatens Modi's bullet train dream, says will stall project|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/elphinstone-road-station-stampede-mumbai-raj-thackeray-pm-modi/1/1058930.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=30 September 2017}}</ref>

In the aftermath, railway minister [[Piyush Goyal]] said that the government has ordered a probe into the incident.<ref name="WP">{{cite news|last1=Eloise Stevens|first1=Vidhi Doshi|title=Stampede at Indian train station kills at least 22|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/stampede-at-indian-train-station-kills-at-least-22/2017/09/29/704154c0-a50a-11e7-8c37-e1d99ad6aa22_story.html|access-date=30 September 2017|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=29 September 2017}}</ref> He also ordered a safety and capacity audit of all foot over-bridges at suburban stations across Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/26gcicKXkLYvVMmr6A2AnL/Mumbai-stampede-kills-15-on-foot-overbridge-linking-Elphinst.html|title=Elphinstone station stampede kills 22, govt order probe, safety audit of foot overbridges|last=Ghadyalpatil|first=Abhiram|date=29 September 2017|website=www.livemint.com/|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref>

In February 2018, the Indian Army opened three new [[Bailey bridge]] footbridges at [[Elphinstone Road railway station|Elphinstone Road]], [[Currey Road railway station|Currey Road]] and [[Ambivli railway station|Ambivli]]. These were erected quickly, in response to the stampede.<ref>{{Cite news
|title=Built by the Army, Elphinstone Road foot-overbridge inaugurated by a flower vendor
|date=27 February 2018
|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]
|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/elphinstone-road-mumbai-foot-over-bridge-indian-army-stampede-currey-road-ambiivli-piyush-goyal-devendra-fadnavis-flower-vendor/202752
}}</ref>

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