21:33 Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that all suburban stations will be inspected over the next seven days to identify vulnerable issues. The ministry also plan to speed up work on foot-over-bridges.
Goyal also said that the employees of Mumbai Railways will not celebrate Dusshera in the wake of Mumbai stampede.
21:04 Most of the 39 persons who were injured in a stampede on the footbridge between Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban railway stations here today morning are out of danger, authorities at the civic-run KEM Hospital told PTI.
The injured persons are still under observation as a precautionary measure and will be kept at the hospital overnight.
Of the 39 injured admitted at KEM Hospital, two are in critical condition. One of them is on ventilator.
The report also said that autopsies of the deceased were over and authorities have started handing over the bodies to families.
20:49 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is likely to return to Mumbai tonight from Singapore. He is expected to visit the KEM hospital soon, reports CNN-News18.
20:44 Read — Elphinstone stampede: Festive cheer turns into forgotten cries for families of victims
20:23 Railway Minister Piyush Goyal carried out a review of suburban railway.
20:09 As the Elphinstone Road station accident today demonstrated, Mumbai still has miles to go before it resolves its infrastructure woes.
Read more: Maximum city, maximum accidents. Does Mumbai ever learn?
19:36 Union minister Ramdas Athawale demanded a judicial probe into the Mumbai stampede in which 22 people died and more than 30 injured, reports PTI.
"A judicial inquiry should be initiated into the incident as there are reports that rumours were being spread," the Minister of State for Social Justice said.
He also said that "maximum possible" compensation be given to kin of the deceased.
19:28 Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant said that he had written to former Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu about the Parel bridge.
Speaking to the media, he today said that nothing has been done to improve situation for the 75 lakh commuters who travel by trains every day. There has been no mention of them in the budgets either.
The government is focusing more on Bullet train, but the priority should be local trains, he said.
19:21 Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today also announced a safety audit of all the foot over bridges across the suburban train network.
"Normally, it takes 20 days to come out with the report (of any incident), but for the auditing purpose of all the FOBs, we need to send technical experts and I guess that within 20 days we will have the audit reports of all the FOBs of the suburban trains," the minister said.
Improving the suburban train services is railways 'highest priority', he said.
19:04 Here are the new lists of injured and deceased persons in the stampede today.
18:52 Commenting on today's stampede, Western Railways in a note saud that unprecedented rains caught people unawares. "As people weren't prepared for rains, sudden rain made people from approach road to take shelter at FOB & at staircase," WR said.
There was no structural damage to the foot over bridge, which can be attributed to the stampede, Western Railways told ANI.
18:40 An accidental death report has been registered at Dadar police station
18:30 After the stampede, it came to light that the Former Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had assured a Shiv Sena MP last year that a wider bridge would be built in its place.
In a letter dated February 20, 2016, Prabhu had written to Sena MP from Mumbai Arvind Sawant that the "construction of 12 metre wide new foot overbridge at Elphinstone Road was under the positive consideration of Railway Ministry."
Construction of the new bridge, connecting Western Railway and Central Railway after extension of Platform No 1 and 2 towards north side by 100 metres, was under "positive consideration" of the Ministry, Prabhu had written in the letter accessed by PTI.
18:19 Shiv Sena today called the Elphinstone stampede as a 'public massacre'.
"The stampede on the foot over bridge at Elphinstone Road railway station is a public massacre of the people by the government," Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said.
18:10 A 12-meter new foot-over-bridge is already sanctioned for the Elphinstone road station in 2016-17. The bridge will link the Central and Western Railway.
The tender is uploaded and will be opened on November 9.
18:02 The Western Railway has released a list of persons injured in the Elphinstone stampede.
18:01 Health minister JP Nadda also spoke to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to discuss health of injured people & offered necessary assistance.
17:50 KEM Hospital says it now has enough blood.
15:58 No one knows exactly how and why this tragedy took place. But everyone knows it was inevitable. A six-foot-wide staircase, 30-odd steps — some broken — and hundreds of people cramped into that confined space. Something had to give, and it finally did on this fateful Friday.
Mumbai stampede: Post-mortem of a tragedy defined by flowers, not blood.
Read the full story here.
15:21 Will bear costs for the injured people. Grievously injured to get Rs 1 lakh, people with minor injuries to get Rs 50,000 ex-gratia: Piyush Goyal
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15:05 Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said that most deaths have occurred due to asphyxiation and internal injuries.
15:02 Maharashtra CM Fadnavis promises strict action, announces 5 lakh compensation
Fadnavis, who is on a two-day investor-interaction visit to Singapore, expressed condolences and said, "My heart goes out to the families who lost their loved ones."Read the full story here.
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14:45 Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has visited the KEM Hospital.
"It is sad that such an incident happened today," he said after visiting the victims.
Speaking to the media, Goyal said that the railways will widen the necessary sections of the foot over bridge as soon as possible.
Goyal has announced Rs 5 lakh to the families of people who have died in today's stampede.
The railway minister also spoke of how he used to travel on the Mumbai Suburban railway as a student.
14:25 Here's the full statement issued by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis.
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14:12 Several people are still looking for their family members and friends at KEM Hospital.
14:10 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has told CNN News18, that the government and the railway authorities are taking the incident seriously and 'will do everything to rectify the problem'.
14:06 Shiv Sena Supremo Uddhav Thackeray has arrived at the hospital.
14:04 A -ve, B -ve and AB -ve blood is still required at the KEM Hospital.
14:03 There was a small protest outside KEM Hospital against Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.
14:00 Heavy commotion is being reported outside the KEM Hospital as several ministers are visiting the victims.
13:51 Modi is building bullet trains, flying high. Come to reality, people need local train infrastructure: Arvind Sawant, MP, Shiv Sena
13:38 Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has expressed shock and grief over today's incident.
Goyal added that he has ordered an high level enquiry. The committee will also examine the station.
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13:28 Arvind Sawant, Member of Parliament from Mumbai South constituency has demanded strict punishment.
13:23 KEM Hospital says injured toll at 33: 24 males and nine females.
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13:19 Kirit Somaiya, Member of Parliament from Mumbai North East constituency has visited Elphinstone Road station.
Somaiya says that Railway authorities and government will work together to rectify the problem.
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13:10 Railway Minister has arrived in Mumbai and is expected to visit the KEM Hospital shorty.
13:06 BREAKING: The death toll has now risen to 27.
13:05 Central Railway services have resumed at Parel.
13:04 Speaking to CNN News18, Hemangi Worlikar, Mumbai's Deputy Mayor says that the railways have not acted in spite of repeated warning.
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12:59 Mumbai's Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar tells CNN News18 that the incident is "unfortunate".
12:39 The BMC Disaster Management Cell has said the death toll from the Elphinstone Road Station stands at 22. Of this, 18 are male while four are female victims.
12:30 The footover bridge at Elphinstone station where the incident took place has been re-opened for commuters
12:15 Given the closeness of the Dadar flower market to the Elphinstone Road station, a number of vendors carrying huge bags of flowers were using the bridge at the time of the accident. Number of passengers arriving at the station too failed to evacuate due to the heavy rains, blocking the exit and resulting in a pile up. Now, as per the Western Railway PRO, R Bhaskar one of the passengers may have slipped on the wet staircase creating a domino effect.
12:08 15 dead, 20 injured in the stampede: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
12:04 Piyush Goyal on his way to Mumbai; To build a new skywalk at Elphinstone railway station: R Bhaskar, Railways PRO tells CNN-News18
11:58 3 ambulances at the venue as of now, KEM Hospital confirms 15 deaths
11:50 Casualties are being taken to KEM Hospital and other hospitals, 20 are seriously injured: Mumbai Police officer
11:40 No confirmation on deaths, but 50 passengers injured in a stampede at Elphinstone railway station, Mumbai, reports CNN-News18. The incident took place at 10:46 am on the footover bridge at the Dadar end of the station. All injured have been rushed to KEM Hospital. Railway officials said medical teams have been rushed to the area. Officials confirm that no part of the bridge has collapsed. The stampede was set off by a rumour of a short-circuit.
