Mumbai: Bridges built on nullahs declared unsafe in re-audit

Mumbai | Sunday | 9th June, 2019

Summary:

The city bridges include foot overbridges (FOB), road overbridges (flyovers), rail overbridges, skywalks and bridges over nullahs or river. The audit of all the 344 bridges in the city before the Himalaya Bridge collapse, found 14 bridges in dangerous state, out of which only three were FOBs and others are bridges built over the nullahs. In the re-audit conducted after the Himalaya Bridge incident, the consultant found 15 more bridges in dilapidated condition. Though the BMC has found most of the nullahs bridge in dangerous state, there isn't any separate policy to inspect them more frequently. Re-AuditIn the re-audit conducted after the Himalaya Bridge incident, the consultant found 15 more bridges in dilapidated condition..