CM's clean chit to BMC on Gokhale bridge collapse, blames railway

  • | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

Railway Authority maintained a bridge on regular basis but they have not conducted safety audit of Gokhale bridge,” added CM. He, however, said that the enquiry has been initiated by the railway authority, “We will take action against the guilty,” assured Fadnavis. Action will be taken against official found responsible for the incident in railway inquiry, assured CM.The unfortunate Gopalkrishna Gokhale bridge collapse incident took place a day before monsoon session started in Nagpur. NAGPUR: While giving a clean chit to the BMC in the a Gokhale Bridge collapse incident in Andheri on July 3, leading to the death of a person, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis clarified that the responsibility of maintenance and conducting a safety audit of the bridge was with the railway authority , which was not done. The issue was raised in the lower house on Wednesday by BJP legislator Yogesh Sagar Responding to the legislators queries Fadnavis clarified that though the bridge was built by BMC, it is maintained by the railway authority for which BMC pays the maintenance cost, annually.

NAGPUR: While giving a clean chit to the BMC in the a Gokhale Bridge collapse incident in Andheri on July 3, leading to the death of a person, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis clarified that the responsibility of maintenance and conducting a safety audit of the bridge was with the railway authority , which was not done. Action will be taken against official found responsible for the incident in railway inquiry, assured CM.The unfortunate Gopalkrishna Gokhale bridge collapse incident took place a day before monsoon session started in Nagpur. The issue was raised in the lower house on Wednesday by BJP legislator Yogesh Sagar Responding to the legislators queries Fadnavis clarified that though the bridge was built by BMC, it is maintained by the railway authority for which BMC pays the maintenance cost, annually. “For the last two years 2017-18 and 2018-19, BMC has paid Rs 14.5 crores to the Central railway and Rs over 4.2 crore to the Western railway as maintenance cost.”“All the bridges within railway premise, though constructed by the BMC, should be maintained by Railways and conduct a safety audit as well. Railway Authority maintained a bridge on regular basis but they have not conducted safety audit of Gokhale bridge,” added CM. He, however, said that the enquiry has been initiated by the railway authority, “We will take action against the guilty,” assured Fadnavis.

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