The ill-planned remodelling work of Panvel station and the extended work blocks without notice and information to commuters, are leading to a stampede-like situation every day during peak hours on a narrow bridge at Kurla station. Passengers particularly blame chaos on a foot overbridge towards Kalyan-end, half of which is under repair, with only half open for their use.

A stampede at the Elphinstone station had killed 23 people in 2017. “A narrow bridge at Kurla station is so packed it could see a stampede-like situation. The possibility of an accident cannot be ruled out if proper steps are not taken in time. There are hundreds of trains coming one after another and there are lakhs of passengers. The railways are ignoring everything, and will wake up only when there is an incident,” Chandan Vichare, a commuter who took videos and photos of the extremely crowded bridge, which went viral on Thursday.