Mumbai Bridge Collapse
MUMBAI :-
Five people have died and at least 36 people are injured after a foot over bridge near the landmark Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST) railway station in Mumbai collapsed this evening.
The collapse at one of the busiest stations in Mumbai took place during peak hours, around 7:30 pm, when there was a lot of rush on the over bridge.
Of the five casualties, two were women, both staff of nearby GT Hospital, where some of the injured have been taken.
“Foot over bridge connecting CST platform 1 north end with B T Lane near Times of India building has collapsed,” the Mumbai Police tweeted.
Eyewitnesses said repairs were being Carried out overbridge in morning, but it was still being used. Lakhs use this foot overbridge – built in 1984 – every day.
“We are trying to decongest the area so as to ensure easy movement of ambulances. That’s all I can say right now,” Amitesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic. Senior officers are also present at the spot.
Minors repairs had been carried out on this CST bridge as part of a safety audit ordered after another foot overbridge had collapsed last year in Andheri. 445 such bridges had to be assessed in a safety audit after last July’s Andheri bridge collapse.
The 40-year-old bridge at the Andheri station had crumpled after heavy rain. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had then said the Andheri bridge, built in 1971, had a “design flaw”.
Nine months before that, in 2017, 23 people were killed in a stampede when the Elphinstone Bridge had collapsed.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways.