To demolish 150-yr-old Carnac Bridge, over 500 at work today

The Central Railway (CR) will deploy around 400 workers, who will in presence of 30-35 officers and 100 supervisors, for the last leg of the demolition of the dilapidated British-era Carnac Bridge between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Masjid Bunder on the suburban line, starting 11 pm on Saturday night.

The CR has also announced a 27-hour mega block during the razing of the over 150-year-old steel bridge, while several asset maintenance works will be done between CSMT-Byculla and CSMT-Wadala stations.

Track renewal, signal maintenance, overhead electric wire maintenance, and cleanliness work have been planned to utilise the shadow block margin.