BMC tweaks Himalaya FOB plan, to build a dog-legged staircase

MUMBAI: The BMC has proposed a minor modification in one of the landing staircases of Himalaya bridge that is being reconstructed at the northern end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. A portion of the foot over-bridge (FOB) crashed on March 14, 2019, killing seven persons.

Civic officials said the plan is to build a dog-legged staircase, which will take much less area than a straight staircase, following a representation made to the BMC by Anjuman-I-Islam institute last month. The institute had said that its ‘right of way’ must be protected when the Rs 6-crore stainless steel bridge is constructed.