Central Railway to demolish eight FOBs by April end

Mumbai | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

Summary:

Nearly a year after the Gokhale bridge collapse at Andheri, Central Railway have completed auditing 276 of its 299 structures. AdvertisingThe Central Railway called for the demolition and dismantling of eight old foot overbridges that have outlived their age. This was planned much in advance and tenders were floated before the CSMT FOB collapse,” said Sunil Udasi, chief public relations officer, Central Railway. AdvertisingA Central Railway official said 81 ROBs and 178 FOBs had undergone inspection while 23 bridges that were yet to be inspected included 17 other structures, eight ROBs and 13 FOBs. A team of officials from IIT-B and Central Railway started the inspections a week after the bridge collapsed on July 3..