Is Saraighat Bridge Repair Initiative In Jolt To Mumbai Bridge Collapse Under Railway Authority?

Saraighat Bridge’s recent  repair resume has almost brought down the vehicle movement creating traffic  from 15th March under the new order where for few days this old transit point will remain barred from entry  as the road deck portion will be under precise detail for faults.

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This rail-cum-road historical Saraighat double transport route network bridge over the mighty river Brahmaputra is dated back to pre-independence time of British Rule in India  is the only transit point to upper and lower Assam from Guwahati, considered as a joint to multiple NH connectivity.

Today still (NF) Northeast Frontier Railway takes the charge of the bridge’s maintenance since the rail link was first initiated by its department under the Chief Engineer Bankim Chandra Ganguli.

Last year 2018 a massive repairing  was undertaken especially on the road deck portion on the month of January where this year in 2019 the burden is estimated to be less but due to shocking foot bridge collapse in Maharashtra at Mumbai central zone near the railway station has sent an alarm to the railway authority of India.

Immediately after a day of Mumbai’s foot bridge collapse incident Assam railway authority reacted promptly to attend to the Saraighat  bridge’s fault which has comparatively delayed in  its process this year with two month’s gap from the initial date of repairing in 2018. There are also other maintenance process apart from the road route like steel painting and greasing of supports. 

Mumbai’s 1988 era’s CST foot bridge collapse which has brought major casualties to lives, many a places in India have come under the alarm of susceptible infrastructure repair process. Recently a case against the Central Railway and the BMC Standing Committee or the Road and Bridge department had been registered under section 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC.

This strict action has come into full swing in the urge for explanation to know on what basis the audit company had certified the condition of the collapsed bridge when it was forwarded to the BMC in 2018 after the completion of beautification drive according to Rail Yatri Parishad president Subhash Gupta.

NEIC: SUMI BORA