<p><img title="Mumbai stampede: Angry netizens blame railways, govt for Elphinstone disaster" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/sep/Elphinstone-stampede-a.jpg" alt="Mumbai stampede: Angry netizens blame railways, govt for Elphinstone disaster" /><em style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Scene at the Elphinstone station</strong></em></p>
<p>At least 22 commuters were killed in a stampede on a railway footover bridge near the Parel-Elphinstone Road stations in Mumbai on Friday. This triggered an outrage where angry netizens blamed the railways and the government for it.</p>
<p>Here are some of the angry reactions from Twitter...</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> bullet train statues but what abt basic needs.....we should stop paying them taxes this is not worth it.....</p>
&mdash; Neel Shah (@neelshahbombay8) <a href="https://twitter.com/neelshahbombay8/status/913658450495918080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> stampede: what should be a priority, widening overbridges and building more of them? Or renaming stations?</p>
&mdash; Dilip D'Souza (@DeathEndsFun) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeathEndsFun/status/913658447253655552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> <br />Mumbaikar Don't we deserve Better Infrastructure ??</p>
&mdash; Jignesh jogadia (@Jigneshjogadia_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jigneshjogadia_/status/913658430648328192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Completely screwed up city. And most cities in India going in the same direction. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#elphinstone</a></p>
&mdash; shrijit_s (@RealFraudMallu) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealFraudMallu/status/913658411006464000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> authorities were waiting to happen the disaster and now offer condolences to the victims families.</p>
&mdash; MURTHY PILLAI (@MURTHYPILLAI4) <a href="https://twitter.com/MURTHYPILLAI4/status/913658390538207233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It wasn't an accident, it was plain bloody murder <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a></p>
&mdash; Mithun (@mithunonbeacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/mithunonbeacon/status/913658365858975744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The news from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> is so heart breaking. Why does the common man go through so much pain? &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0095</p>
&mdash; Danish Sait (@DanishSait) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanishSait/status/913658337220206592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">On the day Railway Minister was to flag off 100 new trips for Mumbai Local, old infra on platform negates it <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> Rd <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Stampede?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Stampede</a></p>
&mdash; Milan Sharma (@pretasorter) <a href="https://twitter.com/pretasorter/status/913658216663470080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> govt should be ashamed to spend 3600 cr for a statue...where the working middle class is taken for granted...very sad day</p>
&mdash; Mackarius (@bombaytamilan) <a href="https://twitter.com/bombaytamilan/status/913658184748822528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/RailMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RailMinIndia</a> should Invest on Improving Mumbai railway stations instead Bullet train <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Parel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Parel</a></p>
&mdash; vikram (@vikramkatkar9) <a href="https://twitter.com/vikramkatkar9/status/913658099520679936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Acche Din? It's more like, Hatya Din <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elphinstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elphinstone</a></p>
&mdash; Venice Rowe (@VeniceRowe) <a href="https://twitter.com/VeniceRowe/status/913661094098378752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Read the main story:&nbsp;<a title="Mumbai Stampede Latest: 22 Dead At Elphinstone Railway Station, Casualties May Rise" href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-stampeded-at-elphinstone-railway-station-three-dead/18617176" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Mumbai Stampede Latest: 22 Dead At Elphinstone Railway Station, Casualties May Rise</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p>At least 24 others were injured and six are critical, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Disaster Control official said.</p>
<p>The victims were taken to the nearby KEM Hospital in Parel. Top police and railway officials have rushed to the spot.</p>
<p>The cause of the stampede on the narrow footover bridge was not known, but eyewitnesses claimed that a sudden rumour of a suspected electrical short-circuit sparked off a panic.</p>
<p>As the rescue teams arrived, local cab drivers and workers helped shift the injured.</p>

At least 22 commuters were killed in a stampede on a railway footover bridge near the Parel-Elphinstone Road stations in Mumbai00 on Friday. This triggered an outrage where angry netizens blamed the railways and the government for it

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