Mumbai: More than two years after the Himalayan Bridge at the north end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSSMT) hit seven people and injured more than 30 others, BMC had started reconstruction work at the location.
The big stairs lying untouched since the accident in 2019 had been destroyed and the entire area had been battered.
The time frame for the reconstruction project, which is expected to cost RS6.4 Crore, is 15 months, not including monsoon.
Meanwhile, in a representation made for the Civic body about two weeks ago, Anjuman-i -Islam Institute said that the ‘road rights’ they must be protected when the new bridge was built so that thousands of students study at the Institute.
not affected.
The Himalayan bridge has two landings outside the CST, one of which is at the Institute’s gate.
Mudassar Patel, from the Anjuman -i -Istra Institute, said that he met the additional BMC commissioner with their request.
“This institution has approached 7,000 students and one gate is not enough.
Therefore, we asked him to try and ensure that our road rights were not affected by any way during reconstruction,” Patel said.
When contacted, the Supplementary City Commissioner P Velatu said they only reconstructed the bridge as it was.
“This institution has made a representation, but then we consider small modifications just like moving a slightly forward landing on the same path,” he said.
Secondary activist R Shenoy said the government took a long time to start working on the ground.
“The debate about landing continues to delay the project.
Being a central bridge, work on reconstruction must be resolved priority,” Shenoy said.
It is shared that the train has also made suggestions for civilian bodies to have an escalator for bridge entries and exit, but the Civic body does not tend because maintenance might be involved.