India, Jan. 23 -- The Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) will conduct surveys of suburban railway stations and long-distance train terminuses in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra to document existing amenities and footfalls, based on which separate crowd control and management plans will be drawn up for each station.

At least five to seven of the busiest suburban stations - such as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Bandra, Kurla and Prabhadevi - will be taken up for survey in the first phase, alongside major stations in other parts of the state like Pune and Nashik, railway sources familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times. Reports based on existing data that have been submitted to the railway admini...