Mumbai stampede:Railway says project sanctioned in 2016

Mumbai: After the parel-Elphinstone Road station stampede, blame game began in BJP, Shiv Sena said that they had already warned ex-railway minister Suresh Prabhu, years ago about the danger of congested footover bridge but he ignored.

In a tweet, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said, “On April 23, 2015, Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale wrote to railway minister Suresh Prabhu demanding the width of the bridge be increased. MP Arvind Sawant, too, wrote to them on the issue in February 2016. Railway minister Prabhu ignored the letters owing to lack of funds.”

Replying to this allegations railways said that the project was sanctioned in 2016, and the tender work is underway.

Railway minister Piyush Goyal said “Wherever there is a need for foot overbridges to be widened, we will do it immediately on high priority,”