The ruling BJP government in the state has not even spared the names of civic localities. It is evident that everything has to be stereotyped and there will be no name carried forward from British era. Hence the Western Railway on Tuesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi on Mumbai’s suburban section.
According to a notification, the new name will come to effect from the midnight of July 18, that is from July 19. The official statement says “Necessary changes are being made on station boards, indicators, PA system, etc for the benefit of passengers.”
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The station code for newly renamed Prabhadevi station will be PBHD. In 1991 this renaming was first proposed by Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raote. The station, named after Lord Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay from 1853 to 1860, is renamed after the local deity ‘Prabhadevi’.
This is the same station where last year as many as 23 people were killed and over 39 injured in a rush-hour stampede at the railway station’s foot over bridge on September 29.
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