East-West connectivity: Central Railway certifies 3 century-old bridges in south Mumbai as ‘safe’
AT A time, when several bridges in Mumbai are undergoing repairs or being demolished, three bridges in South Mumbai have been marked ‘safe’ and usable in a report submitted to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) by the Central Railway.
After the March 2019 Himalaya Bridge collapse incident in Fort in which nine people were killed, the civic body initiated a structural audit of several bridges in the island city. In 2021, the BMC also appointed a private agency with expertise in bridge inspection to carry out routine structural audits of 344 bridges across the city, including skywalks.
