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okay bear with me, because god knows I've tried all day to wrap my head around the #Elphinstone Road tragedy. But I just can't.
I didn’t even know what word to use for it. No word in my limited vocabulary did justice.
Until the state decided to put a number on it.
Until the state decided to put a number on it.
They decided to announce a 5 lakh compensation for the dead.
5 LAKH.
5 LAKH.
The story of #Elphinstone is the story of Mumbai: each piece sold away by scum politicians, babus, builders, no care for the common man 1/n
#Elphinstone was d heart of Mumbai's mill economy. When mills shut down, govt had land all around, which it could have used to plan better 2
In fact, the Govt in '96 appointed a committee with experts like Charles Correa, R Mehrotra and UDRI. They came up with a plan as well. 3/n
