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Mumbai rail stampede

Why should Mumbaikars risk life and limb just to get to work?

16 people stand in every square metre of Mumbai’s local trains, also known as the Super Dense Crush Load.

Smitha Nair
Sep 30, 2017 · 11:00 am
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