Demolition of 120 Year old Elphinstone Railway Bridge awaits consent from Mumbai Traffic Police

Demolition of120 Year old Elphinstone Railway Bridge awaits consent from Mumbai Traffic Police

After the Sobo’s Hancock bridge and Andheri’s Gokhale Bridge, now the eyes of the Civic Body Officials is on the 120-yr-old Elphinstone Railway bridge that awaits the consent from the Mumbai Traffic Police.

According to Srinivas, Commissioner of MMRDA the Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (MRICL) has been engaged to ensure that the overbridge is completed on time.

An alternate route plan has been given and MRICL are waiting for traffic block permission from the police. Once it comes, the demolition will be taken up.

Notably, the demolition of the 120-years-old Elphinstone Rail overbridge that is falling in alignment of the Sewri-Worli connector is awaiting approval from the Mumbai Traffic Police, officials from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

News Input K.V.Raman