The stampede at Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai in September this year prompted the Indian Railways to take up some much-needed steps to reform the condition of the suburban railway network.
Apart from beefing up the security at the platforms and clearing up the street hawkers, Western Railways put up signboards to guide the commuters. However, these signboards were put in English and the officials used Google Translate to convert them to Marathi. What happened next is a fiasco you’ll never forget.
