MUMBAI, October 22: Nothing, except perhaps the closure of railway services can tone down the bustle at Dadar railway station. Just 24 hours after the tragic building collapse on platform number six, things have returned to their chaotic normalcy.But, the busy life has lost some colour - red is quite conspicuous by its absence. With seven of their colleagues dead and 70 injured, the porters are in no mood to work. ``We are not working for two days. No, this is not an agitation, just an expression of our grief. After such a tragedy the morale is bound to be low,'' Bhausaheb Vetale, a porter, told Express Newsline.Neither the police nor the Railway authorities have received any complaints or requests for help from outstation passengers. This is perhaps because petty workers have moved in to earn a few rupees by lugging around baggage.Porters from CST, Mumbai Central and Kalyan rushed to the spot last evening itself and are still busy looking after the injured.Railway Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, meanwhile, has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 50,000 each for all those killed.Chief Fire Officer V V Rao said: ``The last body was removed at 7.30 last night. All the debris were cleared by 4.30 am.'' Now, the rest of the building is being pulled down. The death toll remains 10 with seven bodies taken to KEM hospital (one died after admission) and two to Sion hospital.While many of the injured have gone home after first-aid, 53 are still being treated at the Lokmanya Tilak Memorial General Hospital (LTMG), Sion and the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Parel. Doctors said four of them are critical.At KEM Hospital, 10 persons are undergoing treatment for injuries. A medical officer said most injuries are orthapaedic or surgical in nature. At LTMG Hospital 39 injured have been admitted to the general ward, while four are being treated in the trauma care ward. Asssistant Dean Dr S R Somai said that three of the injured in the trauma care ward are stable, but the fourth is serious. Many porters complained of mistreatment. Ramkrishna Karbhari Sanap, a mukadam said: ``Some of my colleagues were discharged even before they could recover. Their homes are away from Mumbai, their relatives have not come yet, where will they go?'' Dr Somai, however, said this was not true. ``Those who received minor injuries have been sent away. Those who require further treatment are still there.'' she clarified.The crash site - platform number six - meanwhile is lined with huge iron trunks recovered from the debris. The porters used to keep their clothes, tiffin boxes, beddings and savings as well in these boxes. The porters' rest room which crashed was a home to a large number of them. R B Dixit, Assistant Commercial Manager, Central Railway told Express Newsline: ``We will accommodate them at a temporary site soon.where we have not decided yet.'' He said CR was providing free medical aid to the porters. ``The families of the deceased have been paid Rs 50,000, those critically ill (Rs 10,000) and those with minor injuries (Rs 1000), he added.Abha Singh, Senior Superintendent, Railway Mail Service (RMS), said: ``The kin of R D Baghel and V H Pawar, the RMS clerical staff members who died in the crash, will be employed by the postal department.''
