On Thursday, at least six people were killed and 32 were injured after a section of a crowded pedestrian bridge connected to Mumbai busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus collapsed during evening rush hour. Police had informed that chunks of concrete from the bridge came crashing down on the arterial Dadabhai Naoroji Road in south Mumbai around 7.35 pm.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had set the Friday evening deadline to enquire the cause of collapse of the bridge. Fadnavis had visited the site of bridge collapse this morning and said that he has asked the authorities to “fix primary responsibility” for the bridge collapse by “this evening”. “There are around 10 injured admitted in the ward. One person is in the ICU. All of them are out of danger now. High-level enquiry will be conducted to probe into the matter. FIR has been lodged”, Fadnavis said after meeting those injured and admitted in a hospital.
The incident happened near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus which is one of the busiest railway stations in the country. The bridge was constructed in 1980. In a structural audit conducted last year, the collapsed foot-over bridge was given clearance by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The CM has stressed on Thursday, “If the bridge collapses despite clearance, it raises questions on the audit.”