THANE: Barely a week after the railway engineers inspected and certified the Kopri highway over bridge as secure following an episode of plaster cave in, native residents have complained that small portions of the plastered underbelly continues to peel off and fall at the tracks beneath.
Residents who get right of entry to the stretches along the railway tracks have complained of stray incidents in the ultimate week where small chunks of plaster have fallen from the underbelly of the bridge. The incidents surprisingly continued even after a late Monday incident ultimate week after a sizeable a part of plaster from the bridge underbelly collapsed at the railway tracks beneath. The railways had instantly bogged down the rate of traffic right here and also despatched a crew of senior railway engineers from Mumbai in the dead of night who advised some cosmetic adjustments to the structure.
Despite the railways claim to have undertaken some preliminary repair work but the same seems to have failed to maintain because the episodes are reportedly continuing causing panic amongst residents who go the stretches. “We have steadily spotted fallen plaster at the tracks which is indicative that it may have fallen off the bridge underbelly. The government will have to take the issue very critically particularly after several incidents of bridge cave in have been reported in Mumbai just lately,” complained an area resident.
Locals claim the stretch of the bridge has witnessed equivalent incidents of plaster cave in even in 2016 including one where an iron piece had come off the bridge and crashed into the motorman cabin of a Titwala-bound native train. In any other incident, a girder of the neighbouring bridge had collapsed on a passing native train few years back killing the motorman.
A BJP corporator from Kopri has additionally written to the municipal government and the railways in search of instant action in this regard which could otherwise motive massive casualties. “The negligence of the government may just value the residents dearly. I have written to the municipal government and will also write to the railways about taking corrective action at the earliest,” stated corporator Bharat Chavan. Motorists and passenger activists have now advised the railway administration to take up corrective action well ahead of time advert any primary damage to the structure may just power it shut which could motive massive inconvenience to residents right here who would don't have any different choice but the already narrowed down LBS highway.
Nearly over a lakh city-bound and intra-city vehicles including freight and public shipping automobiles use the stretch which is being widened to eight lanes from the existing 4. “There isn't any viable choice for the large traffic passing between Mumbai-Thane day-to-day rather then the Eastern Express Highway. The LBS highway is already full of traffic due to the metro work and if the Kopri bridge isn’t repaired in time, it may motive massive chaos for residents who would don't have any different method to force in or out of town,” stated an reputable from the Thane traffic division.
Meanwhile, the railways claimed the structure is secure for both highway and railway traffic passage but stated they have got scheduled a repair work soon during which the stretch would go through re-plastering anyplace required. “We will organize a repair work schedule all through the following mega block and repair the affected stretch at the earliest. Our panel of senior engineers have inspected the bridge and certified it as secure,” stated a senior reputable from the Central Railways.
Residents who get right of entry to the stretches along the railway tracks have complained of stray incidents in the ultimate week where small chunks of plaster have fallen from the underbelly of the bridge. The incidents surprisingly continued even after a late Monday incident ultimate week after a sizeable a part of plaster from the bridge underbelly collapsed at the railway tracks beneath. The railways had instantly bogged down the rate of traffic right here and also despatched a crew of senior railway engineers from Mumbai in the dead of night who advised some cosmetic adjustments to the structure.
Despite the railways claim to have undertaken some preliminary repair work but the same seems to have failed to maintain because the episodes are reportedly continuing causing panic amongst residents who go the stretches. “We have steadily spotted fallen plaster at the tracks which is indicative that it may have fallen off the bridge underbelly. The government will have to take the issue very critically particularly after several incidents of bridge cave in have been reported in Mumbai just lately,” complained an area resident.
Locals claim the stretch of the bridge has witnessed equivalent incidents of plaster cave in even in 2016 including one where an iron piece had come off the bridge and crashed into the motorman cabin of a Titwala-bound native train. In any other incident, a girder of the neighbouring bridge had collapsed on a passing native train few years back killing the motorman.
A BJP corporator from Kopri has additionally written to the municipal government and the railways in search of instant action in this regard which could otherwise motive massive casualties. “The negligence of the government may just value the residents dearly. I have written to the municipal government and will also write to the railways about taking corrective action at the earliest,” stated corporator Bharat Chavan. Motorists and passenger activists have now advised the railway administration to take up corrective action well ahead of time advert any primary damage to the structure may just power it shut which could motive massive inconvenience to residents right here who would don't have any different choice but the already narrowed down LBS highway.
Nearly over a lakh city-bound and intra-city vehicles including freight and public shipping automobiles use the stretch which is being widened to eight lanes from the existing 4. “There isn't any viable choice for the large traffic passing between Mumbai-Thane day-to-day rather then the Eastern Express Highway. The LBS highway is already full of traffic due to the metro work and if the Kopri bridge isn’t repaired in time, it may motive massive chaos for residents who would don't have any different method to force in or out of town,” stated an reputable from the Thane traffic division.
Meanwhile, the railways claimed the structure is secure for both highway and railway traffic passage but stated they have got scheduled a repair work soon during which the stretch would go through re-plastering anyplace required. “We will organize a repair work schedule all through the following mega block and repair the affected stretch at the earliest. Our panel of senior engineers have inspected the bridge and certified it as secure,” stated a senior reputable from the Central Railways.
Thane: Plastered underbelly of Kopri bridge continues to peel off
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