The foot overbridge at Andheri caved in and fell over the Western Railway tracks on Tuesday, as heavy rains lashed Mumbai. While many office goers were affected by the incident not reaching or reaching late, Mumbai's dabbawalas have suspended their tiffin box deliveries on Western Railway routes. However, the services would continue actively on other routes.
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Divisional Railway Managerof the Western Railway has said that the Harbour line between Andheri and Vile Parle has beencleared at14.15 IST.
While addressing the media earlier today, Railway ministry spokesperson RD Bajpayee had said that the railways would arrange food and other necessities for passengers who are stranded at various stations. Here are pictures tweeted by the Western Railway showing food packets and water bottles being distributed to stranded long-distance passengers:
Cranes have been deployed to lift the slabs from the tracks. Harbour line restoration between Andheri-Vile Parle will ensure connectivity between Churchgate and Goregaon as well as CSMT-Goregaon.
Services running on all corridors as of now (10.30 am) on Central Railway with some delay due to heavy rains. We are consciously reducing number of rakes in non-peak time to avoid marooning and to avoid bunching. Services will continue on local line.
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Rail traffic between Bandra-Goregaon section remains disrupted while the Virar-Goregaon and Chuchgate-Bandra are running normally. We are arranging food and other necessities for passengers who are stranded at various stations. Our officers are also deployed. There will continue to be disruption. Our priority is to resume operations on at least one line as soon as possible:Railway ministry spokesperson RD Bajpayee has told the media.
“It will take at least till 7.00 pm for (all) the lines to start. Starting one line now,” Pramod Babar, senior police inspector has told the media.
Porters carryingan injured person to safety after part of a bridge collapsed on the railway line in Andheri, Mumbai (Image courtesy: Maharashtra Security Force officer).
Restoration of the overhead wires and tracks is under way. Trains are operating between Virar-Goregaon and Bandra-Churchgate. But, it is advised to travel only if it is very necessary to avoid inconvenience: Western Railway has
tweeted.“Thankfully, there was no train. The 7.10 am Bandra-Surat intercity train had just left. We heard the bridge fall down and we rushed immediately,” Feroz Shaikh, a porter, who was posted on platform 8 of Andheri station has said, speaking to Moneycontrol.
Train services will probably start functioning in next 4 hrs: R Kudvalkar, Railway Protection Force has said, according to news agency ANI.
