Mumbai rail bridge cracks up
Wednesday - July 4, 2018 11:32 am ,
Category : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Mumbai rail bridge cracks up
Mumbai July 4 (IANS) A day after the partial collapse of a bridge in suburban Andheri another railway overbridge developed visible cracks at downtown Grant Road on Wednesday.
The bridge on Grant Road station of Western Railway (WR) has developed cracks and as a precaution traffic has been diverted to Nana Chowk towards Kennedy Bridge Mumbai Traffic Police announced.
The huge and long cracks on the upper surface which were noticed around dawn today locals said.
Meanwhile normal suburban train services were resumed on WR today after the debris of the collapsed portion of Gokhale Bridge was cleared and damaged rail equipment repaired.
However the bridge will remain closed for a few days for people and traffic to carry out repairs an official said.
--IANS qn/ksk/vm
The bridge on Grant Road station of Western Railway (WR) has developed cracks and as a precaution traffic has been diverted to Nana Chowk towards Kennedy Bridge Mumbai Traffic Police announced.
The huge and long cracks on the upper surface which were noticed around dawn today locals said.
Meanwhile normal suburban train services were resumed on WR today after the debris of the collapsed portion of Gokhale Bridge was cleared and damaged rail equipment repaired.
However the bridge will remain closed for a few days for people and traffic to carry out repairs an official said.
--IANS qn/ksk/vm
