The Elphinstone bridge tragedy could have been averted if the Railway Ministry had listened to the repeated cautionary calls from the Mumbai citizenry and parliamentarians.
Last year, Members of Parliament, Sachin Tendulkar and Arvind Sawant had raised the railways' foot over bridge issue with the concerned authorities as reported by Indian Express.
Leaders from across the political spectrum have criticised Sachin Tendulkar for his political reticence. Political scientists and activists have loathed Sachin for his absence from Parliament. But lives of 22 innocent people in Mumbai stampede might have been saved if Railways had listened to Tendulkar. According to

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