Updated On: 28 October, 2024 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Top official says WR will try to limit number of passengers who gather at platforms, set up ropes and barricades

DRM Neeraj Verma (in olive trousers) and other Western Railway officials on platform 1 of Bandra Terminus on Sunday morning. Pic/Rajendra B. Aklekar
Neeraj Verma, Divisional Railway Manager of Western Railway’s Mumbai Central division and other officers visited Bandra Terminus on Sunday to take stock of the situation. In an exchange with mid-day, he shed light on the stampede, which he termed an unfortunate incident.
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