Summary:
After a year of the Andheri Gokhale bridge collapse incident, the BMC has invited tender for demolition and reconstruction of both sides of the bridge. In a first of its kind work to be undertaken, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to reconstruct only the slopes of the bridge. Soon after the incident, the Railway and BMC carried out an audit of the 48 years old bridge. As per the BMC's estimation, the work will take 18 months and it will cost Rs 87.61 crore. If all goes according to the plan the construction work will be started by the end of this year..