MUMBAI: After pulling down the volatile foot over-bridges (FOBs) at Marine Lines and Powai remaining week, the BMC demolished probably the most arterial rickety hands of the FOB out of doors Charni Road station on Wednesday. While the Charni Road FOB was once no longer among the 14 constructions on the BMC’s ‘bad and to-be demolished’ checklist, civic officers said it was once razed as a part of the reconstruction work that had started remaining 12 months.
In January 2018, the BMC had begun reconstruction of the entire 435-metre-long FOB which runs out of doors Charni Road station (north side) after a portion of the stairs of probably the most hands collapsed on a heavy rain day in October 2017, injuring a 67-year-old man. But because the FOB has several hands, the work is being performed in stages. Sanjay Darade, leader engineer of the civic bridges department, said they target to complete the demolition and reconstruction work as soon as imaginable. “We intention at completing the main connectivity by May-end as this FOB sees large footfalls. One of the hurdles we confronted was once the high voltage electrical energy cables running under the road where the columns for the brand new FOB had been to be introduced,” he said.
But civic assets claimed that the urgency to demolish the over five-decade-old Charni Road FOB was once felt in the wake of the Himalaya FOB crash out of doors CSMT on March 14, which had claimed six lives.
Civic officers said the demolition of the Charni Road FOB’s arm was once undertaken after midnight. When IdealNews visited the spot on Wednesday morning, handiest the staircases on either side of the road had been standing. “We can adopt demolition works handiest at night time as it is a heavy site visitors road. We had sought permission from the site visitors police to adopt the work. We will take two extra nights to complete the entire demolition because the FOB has large landings on either side of the road,” said a civic official.
Last week, the BMC had demolished the Marine Lines and Powai FOBs which have been among the 14 constructions to be razed and reconstructed as really helpful by the structural audit of 296 bridges, FOBs and road over-bridges performed between 2016 and and August 2018, which was once undertaken after the 2016 Mahad bridge collapse on Savitri river that had claimed 41 lives.
The audit document had found 110 constructions in excellent condition, and really helpful primary upkeep for 107 constructions and minor ones for 61.
In January 2018, the BMC had begun reconstruction of the entire 435-metre-long FOB which runs out of doors Charni Road station (north side) after a portion of the stairs of probably the most hands collapsed on a heavy rain day in October 2017, injuring a 67-year-old man. But because the FOB has several hands, the work is being performed in stages. Sanjay Darade, leader engineer of the civic bridges department, said they target to complete the demolition and reconstruction work as soon as imaginable. “We intention at completing the main connectivity by May-end as this FOB sees large footfalls. One of the hurdles we confronted was once the high voltage electrical energy cables running under the road where the columns for the brand new FOB had been to be introduced,” he said.
But civic assets claimed that the urgency to demolish the over five-decade-old Charni Road FOB was once felt in the wake of the Himalaya FOB crash out of doors CSMT on March 14, which had claimed six lives.
Civic officers said the demolition of the Charni Road FOB’s arm was once undertaken after midnight. When IdealNews visited the spot on Wednesday morning, handiest the staircases on either side of the road had been standing. “We can adopt demolition works handiest at night time as it is a heavy site visitors road. We had sought permission from the site visitors police to adopt the work. We will take two extra nights to complete the entire demolition because the FOB has large landings on either side of the road,” said a civic official.
Last week, the BMC had demolished the Marine Lines and Powai FOBs which have been among the 14 constructions to be razed and reconstructed as really helpful by the structural audit of 296 bridges, FOBs and road over-bridges performed between 2016 and and August 2018, which was once undertaken after the 2016 Mahad bridge collapse on Savitri river that had claimed 41 lives.
The audit document had found 110 constructions in excellent condition, and really helpful primary upkeep for 107 constructions and minor ones for 61.
Rickety arm of Charni Road FOB razed in Mumbai
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