Summary:
After auditing and re-auditing of the bridges in Western and Eastern suburbs, now the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is ready with a proposal for a re-audit of the remaining bridges in South Mumbai. There are totally 78 bridges in the island city of MumbaiThe order of re-audit of the bridges was given by the then Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta after the Himalaya bridge collapse on March 14. The re-audit of Eastern and Western suburbs has been completed by the earlier auditors after Himalaya bridge collapse who found 15 more bridges in a dilapidated condition. In the earlier audit report, before the Himalaya bridge collapse 14 bridges were declared dangerous. The re-audit of the bridges in South Mumbai has not been done yet as BMC black-listed earlier auditor D D Desai's Associates after the Himalaya Bridge mishap..