It’s extremely disturbing that thousands of precious lives are lost on the Mumbai Suburban network every year. Especially since causes and solutions are well-known.
The govt will allow all people, include those working in non-essential sectors, to board the local trains if they are vaccinated and have completed the 14 days post-inoculation period.
While the Mumbai local train service resumed from 15 June, only essential service providers are allowed to use it. Others mostly have to depend on buses now.
The Niti Aayog has asked the Railways to ensure that all suburban trains have automatic doors in an attempt to curb deaths that occur due to overcrowding.
Mumbai Dabbawala Association, a body representing the city’s famous tiffin carriers, is planning to approach the Uddhav Thackeray govt with their demands.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
I am not sure how it makes mathematical sense. If 7 people die on an average daily in Mumbai train system then how come death of 4 people is a newsworthy. If anything, we should be relieved that the death toll that day was less than the average.
I am not sure how it makes mathematical sense. If 7 people die on an average daily in Mumbai train system then how come death of 4 people is a newsworthy. If anything, we should be relieved that the death toll that day was less than the average.