MUMBAI: A TOI report on the imminent danger to King's Circle railway bridge from heavy vehicles passing under it Brand Wallets has led to prompt corrective action by authorities. A protective girder was put up within a week of the report and work on restoring the other one is underway.
The girder, located 200 m away from the bridge, at the Gandhi Market end of Sion flyover, has been restored by the MMRDA. It was knocked down by a garbage truck in April. Work on restoring the girder outside Gandhi Market, 10 m to the north of the bridge, is in progress. "Iron pillars and beams have been put up at the site. The girder will be erected in 10 days,'' said S C Mudgerikar, chief PRO for Central Railway. A container truck had ploughed through this girder in December last year.
Although it could lead to a bridge collapse, the absence of girders was not brought to the Other Handbags notice of senior officials. A Matunga traffic police inspector's letter to the railways and MMRDA was gathering dust. An alert Sion resident, R Sridhar, brought the problem to the notice of the newspaper.
According to MMRDA officials, container trucks going to and from the docks sometimes take the wrong road at night. To make matters worse, the girders were not even lit properly. The solution, MMRDA officials say, is to divert heavy vehicles but the traffic police claims that it will create a new problem.
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