Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has announced that the kins of persons who died in the stampede at a railway footover bridge in Mumbai on Friday morning, will get a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each. <br/><br/>Making the announcement, he said the Railway Ministry as well as the Maharashtra government would each provide an ex- gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of every deceased.<br/><br/>He added that Rs 1 lakh would be given to the grievously injured persons and Rs 50,000 to those who suffered minor injuries in the incident. He also announced a complete 'safety and capacity' audit of all the Footover bridges across the suburban train network.<br/><br/>Railway minister Piyush Goyal said an inquiry report on the incident will come in 10 days.<br/><br/>The minister, who reached Mumbai this morning for the scheduled inauguration of 100 additional suburban services in the financial capital, cancelled all his previous engagements in view of the tragedy.<br/><br/>Terming the incident as "unfortunate", Goyal said budget to build a new bridge at the Elphinstone Road bridge was already sanctioned and the tendering process was underway.<br/><br/>At least 22 persons were killed and over 30 injured in a rush hour stampede on a narrow foot overbridge (FOB) linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban stations during heavy rain today morning. The tragedy took place around 10.40 am when the FOB, used by lakhs of people to commute to the commercial area with high-end corporate and media offices, was heavily crowded.
News On AIR | September 29, 2017 5:57 PM
Rs 10 lakh compensation to kin of Mumbai stampede victims: Piyush Goyal