Andheri bridge collapse: Railways, BMC, IIT-B start audit of over bridges

Western Railway Mumbai has started the structural audit of all the Road Over Bridge with the new time-saving method through bridge inspection car like tower wagon in its suburban section from Friday beginning with the inspection of Mahalaxmi and Bandra Road Over Bridges.

Western Railway CPRO Ravinder Bhakar said “a  new mode of inspection which includes a tower wagon has been devised to save the inspection time to only two hours against the four hours required for inspection by the conventional method“.

Western Railway chief public relations officer Ravinder Bhakar said a new mode of inspection which includes a tower wagon has been devised to save the inspection time to only two hours against the four hours required for inspection by the conventional method.

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“Thus, 50% of inspection time is saved by this new inspection method. The conventional method makes the task difficult for the staff as they have to carry tools and equipment while climbing on the long ladder. In the Mumbai Suburban Section (Churchgate-Virar) there are 110 foot over bridges, 29 road over bridges and four water pipeline bridges,” he added.

Giving details of the bridge, Bhakar said, “The Mahalaxmi road over the bridge was constructed in 1920 & has 15 girders with five spans. After the inspection, between 1 am to 1:45 pm, the bridge was found to be structurally sound and in a safe condition.

On inspection, Bandra-Kalanagar Road Over Bridge, constructed in the year 1961, carried out between 1 am to 4 am was found to be structurally sound and in a safe condition.