MUMBAI: Cracks had been detected on a bridge on the Grant Road Railway Station in south Mumbai, hours after an overbridge collapsed at a station in suburban Andheri, town civic frame stated on Wednesday.
The bridge was once closed and visitors diverted, police stated.
The cracks had been found at the Frere bridge on the Grant Road station around 11.30 pm the day prior to this following which visitors was once diverted, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated.
The Mumbai Police also posted an update on its Twitter maintain, pronouncing the bridge has cracks and therefore, visitors has been diverted to Nana Chowk against Kennedy bridge.
The bridge has been closed and will be opened in a few days in line with the civic frame's instructions, police stated.
"We have closed the Grant Road bridge for vehicular movement on the BMC's recommendations. Till that time, we have diverted traffic towards Kennedy bridge. Traffic movement has been smooth," Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Amitesh Kumar stated.
BMC officials and engineers will check out the bridge and an audit will be performed. Based on their instructions, the bridge will be opened for visitors movement in a day or two, he stated.
Engineers of the BMC's bridges division and different businesses had been asked to monitor and assess the situation of the Frere bridge, an legitimate of the BMC's crisis management unit stated.
An overbridge at a railway station within the Andheri space collapsed the day prior to this during heavy rains, disrupting train products and services, injuring 5 other folks and hanging the spotlight as soon as again at the creaky infrastructure of the metropolis.
Railway minister Piyush Goyal had visited the spot and ordered an inquiry through the commissioner of Rail Safety.
He had also stated that during the next six months, a joint safety audit will be carried out through the railways, the BMC and the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, on the 445 street overbridges, foot overbridges and bridges over pipelines in Mumbai as a part of efforts to enhance safety of commuters.
The BMC lately stated the structural audit of 274 bridges was once underway and a last action plan for maintenance, repairs and re-construction will be prepared inside per week.
"Our department is carrying out the structural audit of 274 bridges since last year and the work is in final stages. We hope to soon prepare a final list of bridges under various categories - in good condition, requiring minor repairs, major repairs or requiring reconstruction," BMC's leader engineer (Bridges) Shitlaprasad Kori told PTI.
Good bridges would be those that don't require any instant maintenance, he stated.
The minor maintenance of bridges would come with solving tiles and leakages, while those having structural flaws will require main maintenance or repairs, Kori stated.
Under the fourth class, bridges which might be in a dilapidated situation will be demolished and new ones will be constructed, he stated.
Of the 274 bridges, 137 are situated within the western suburbs, 60 within the jap suburbs and 77 in the primary town.
Kori stated the Gokhale overbridge that collapsed the day prior to this was once constructed and owned through the BMC, however it was once the Western Railway's accountability to take care of it.
"Not only for this bridge, we have paid bills of the Western Railway (WR) and the Central Railway (CR) for the maintenance of bridges falling in their territory," he stated.
"In the last four years, we have paid Rs 92.51 crore to CR and Rs 11.25 crore to WR after they submitted the estimated costs for the reconstruction and maintenance of various infrastructure owned by us and located on their premises," the BMC legitimate stated.
Kori denied WR's claims that the optic fibre cable, sanctioned through the BMC, may have led to the corrosion and collapse of the Gokhale overbridge.
The WR had the day prior to this stated it was once not aware about pipelines and optic fibre cable laid at the collapsed overbridge.
"This is not the time to indulge in 'blame game'. Everyone knows what an optic fibre cable weight is... Almost negligible. May be, the permission was granted at the local ward level, but railway's nod is a pre-requisite condition for laying out the optic fibre cable," Kori added.
The bridge was once closed and visitors diverted, police stated.
The cracks had been found at the Frere bridge on the Grant Road station around 11.30 pm the day prior to this following which visitors was once diverted, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated.
The Mumbai Police also posted an update on its Twitter maintain, pronouncing the bridge has cracks and therefore, visitors has been diverted to Nana Chowk against Kennedy bridge.
The bridge at Grant street station has cracked, therefore the visitors has been diverted to Nana chowk against Kennedy bridge #TrafficReplace
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) 1530677536000The bridge has been closed and will be opened in a few days in line with the civic frame's instructions, police stated.
"We have closed the Grant Road bridge for vehicular movement on the BMC's recommendations. Till that time, we have diverted traffic towards Kennedy bridge. Traffic movement has been smooth," Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Amitesh Kumar stated.
BMC officials and engineers will check out the bridge and an audit will be performed. Based on their instructions, the bridge will be opened for visitors movement in a day or two, he stated.
Engineers of the BMC's bridges division and different businesses had been asked to monitor and assess the situation of the Frere bridge, an legitimate of the BMC's crisis management unit stated.
An overbridge at a railway station within the Andheri space collapsed the day prior to this during heavy rains, disrupting train products and services, injuring 5 other folks and hanging the spotlight as soon as again at the creaky infrastructure of the metropolis.
Railway minister Piyush Goyal had visited the spot and ordered an inquiry through the commissioner of Rail Safety.
He had also stated that during the next six months, a joint safety audit will be carried out through the railways, the BMC and the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, on the 445 street overbridges, foot overbridges and bridges over pipelines in Mumbai as a part of efforts to enhance safety of commuters.
The BMC lately stated the structural audit of 274 bridges was once underway and a last action plan for maintenance, repairs and re-construction will be prepared inside per week.
"Our department is carrying out the structural audit of 274 bridges since last year and the work is in final stages. We hope to soon prepare a final list of bridges under various categories - in good condition, requiring minor repairs, major repairs or requiring reconstruction," BMC's leader engineer (Bridges) Shitlaprasad Kori told PTI.
Good bridges would be those that don't require any instant maintenance, he stated.
The minor maintenance of bridges would come with solving tiles and leakages, while those having structural flaws will require main maintenance or repairs, Kori stated.
Under the fourth class, bridges which might be in a dilapidated situation will be demolished and new ones will be constructed, he stated.
Of the 274 bridges, 137 are situated within the western suburbs, 60 within the jap suburbs and 77 in the primary town.
Kori stated the Gokhale overbridge that collapsed the day prior to this was once constructed and owned through the BMC, however it was once the Western Railway's accountability to take care of it.
"Not only for this bridge, we have paid bills of the Western Railway (WR) and the Central Railway (CR) for the maintenance of bridges falling in their territory," he stated.
"In the last four years, we have paid Rs 92.51 crore to CR and Rs 11.25 crore to WR after they submitted the estimated costs for the reconstruction and maintenance of various infrastructure owned by us and located on their premises," the BMC legitimate stated.
Kori denied WR's claims that the optic fibre cable, sanctioned through the BMC, may have led to the corrosion and collapse of the Gokhale overbridge.
The WR had the day prior to this stated it was once not aware about pipelines and optic fibre cable laid at the collapsed overbridge.
"This is not the time to indulge in 'blame game'. Everyone knows what an optic fibre cable weight is... Almost negligible. May be, the permission was granted at the local ward level, but railway's nod is a pre-requisite condition for laying out the optic fibre cable," Kori added.
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