Carnac bridge demolition: 400 workers, four cranes, 300 gas cylinders deployed for mega exercise

The last leg of the demolition of the over 150-year-old British-era Carnac bridge between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Masjid Bunder on the suburban line in Mumbai will be dismantled from Saturday night from 11 pm. The Central Railway (CR) has called a special traffic mega block for 27 hours.

As many as 400 workers along with 30-35 officers and additional 100 supervisors will be pressed into service to pull down the steel structure. A total of four cranes, three cranes of 350 tonnes and one of 500 tonnes, and also four Hydra cranes for shifting of release material have been deployed.

Interestingly, the heritage bridge has six stones having the inscription of the date of construction.