Railways Bridges Audit

The objective of the audit by agencies was to get a bird's eye view of the condition of critical infrastructural components of these structures which may have been affected in corrosion-prone areas.

The railways for the first time will allow third party audits of its bridges, a month after one of its road over bridges collapsed in Andheri in Mumbai injuring five, two of whom died later, a senior official of the ministry said.

Western Railways has started inspecting bridges above its tracks as part of a safety audit that was ordered by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal following the collapse of a portion of a bridge at Andheri station on July 3.

The 40-year-old Mumbai bridge that collapsed on Tuesday had cleared the railway's safety audit ordered after last year's stampede at Elphinstone railway station. This audit, conducted on 12 November 2017, did not report any "major abnormality" with the bridge", Piyush Goyal said after visiting the Gokhale bridge that had caved in early on Tuesday m...

Barely seven months after it was inspected for structural safety, the Gokhale over-bridge at Andheri railway station in Mumbai collapsed, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe into it.

The Railways said today it will carry out a safety audit of nearly 450 road overbridges, foot overbridges and bridges over the pipelines in Mumbai.

Friday's deadly stampede that killed 23 people in Mumbai, many found pressing against the railings, has spurred the government into action. Hours later, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal ordered officials to cut the red tape and start working on shorter deadlines. The minister also told them to identify critical locations prone to similar tragedies. T...

The objective of the audit by agencies was to get a bird's eye view of the condition of critical infrastructural components of these structures which may have been affected in corrosion-prone areas.

The railways for the first time will allow third party audits of its bridges, a month after one of its road over bridges collapsed in Andheri in Mumbai injuring five, two of whom died later, a senior official of the ministry said.

Western Railways has started inspecting bridges above its tracks as part of a safety audit that was ordered by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal following the collapse of a portion of a bridge at Andheri station on July 3.

The 40-year-old Mumbai bridge that collapsed on Tuesday had cleared the railway's safety audit ordered after last year's stampede at Elphinstone railway station. This audit, conducted on 12 November 2017, did not report any "major abnormality" with the bridge", Piyush Goyal said after visiting the Gokhale bridge that had caved in early on Tuesday m...

Barely seven months after it was inspected for structural safety, the Gokhale over-bridge at Andheri railway station in Mumbai collapsed, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe into it.

The Railways said today it will carry out a safety audit of nearly 450 road overbridges, foot overbridges and bridges over the pipelines in Mumbai.

Friday's deadly stampede that killed 23 people in Mumbai, many found pressing against the railings, has spurred the government into action. Hours later, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal ordered officials to cut the red tape and start working on shorter deadlines. The minister also told them to identify critical locations prone to similar tragedies. T...