Mumbai CST Bridge Collapse LIVE Updates
Four persons were killed and 30 others injured after a portion of a foot overbridge connecting north-end of Mumbai’s nodal Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station to BT Lane near Anzuman Islam School collapsed on Thursday (14.03.2019) evening. Two of the dead have been identified as Apoorva Prabhu and Ranjana Tambe, nurses on their way to report for duty at GT Hospital.
Dadar : FOB Closed For Work : From 17.03.2019
Police officials said the incident happened around 7.30 pm when a large portion of the bridge fell on Dr DN Road affecting north-bound traffic on JJ flyover during peak hour. This is the second major collapse in last one year. Last year, Andheri’s G K Gokhale Road overbridge collapsed, killing two people.
The foot overbridge, whose structural audit was recently done, is maintained by the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation. The structural audit had proposed minor repair to the FOB.
HELPLINE NUMBER
Following are the Helpline Numbers announced by authority
- St George Hospital, Mumbai : 022-22620242
- Kalyan – Titwala : Power/Traffic Block : 14.03.2019
- Cancelled Trains Today’s List
- Rescheduled or Diverted Trains List
- Mumbai Local Train : Mega Block : 17.03.2019
