The Railways said the Army was chosen to build three foot over-bridges in Mumbai due to its expertise and reputation in building roads and bridges in unfavourable situations.
Indian Army will help build a new foot overbridge at the Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai, where a deadly stampede killed 23 people last month.
Raj Thackeray is holding a protest march demanding better rail infrastructure for train commuters, a week after 22 people were killed in a stampede at Elphinstone railway station.
A senior police official said that the man accused of molesting the woman was actually trying to help her
The death toll in the stampede on a foot-over bridge linking Parel and Elphinstone railway stations went up to 23 on Saturday
Mohan Bhagwat said that the problems of the people, who were displaced from the Kashmir Valley in 1990s, are yet to be addressed
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday announced a slew of measures for safety of commuters with a focus on foot-over bridges (FOBs) in the country
"There has been a collapse of infrastructure facilities due to the migrant influx from other regions,"he said.
On Friday night, Mumbaikars took out a candle march on the Elphinstone railway bridge and prayed for the departed souls.
"Papa, you go ahead. I will come, let the crowd thin out," these were the last words of Mumbai stampede victim Shraddha Varpe to her father before she died.
Railways minister Piyush Goyal has ordered a high-level probe into the incident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was in Mumbai and was taking stock of the situation.
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