After a portion of an Andheri overbridge collapsed leaving five people injured, Union Railway minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday ordered safety audit of all the 445 bridges in suburban section.
After a portion of an Andheri overbridge collapsed leaving five people injured, Union Railway minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday ordered safety audit of all the 445 bridges in suburban section
Union minister Piyush Goyal said that the Indian Railways and Maharashtra state government will shell out Rs 65,000 crore for the safety work in Mumbai suburban rail network.
Union Railway Minister says, 5 people were injured will get a compensation of Rs 1 lakh and their treatment expenses will be taken care of by Railways.
In wake of the incessant rains in the city and severe waterlogging, Uber has turned off dynamic pricing across the city to ensure availability of Ubers on the road. "We encourage Mumbaikars to POOL together and share their ride with fellow commuters travelling in the same direction,” an Uber spokesperson said.
The Western Railway on Tuesday has announced an ex gratia payment of ₹ 5,000 each to four of those injured in Andheri bridge collapse.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took to Twitter and said, "The streets are flooded, citizens stranded, bridges collapsing". He said the Civic governance has collapsed. "My thoughts are with the citizens of Mumbai. Stay safe!", he added.
BJP Mumbai President, Ashish Shelar on Tuesday tweeted a tragic news of a youth washed away in Shastri Nagar nullah Bandra. Shelar said he is in touch with Fire brigade, Police, BMC staff who are at the site for recovery operations.
Mumbai University on Tuesday announced that those who have missed their exams today due to heavy rain will be allowed to write their exams again. The revised schedule for the exams will be announced soon.
Hours after a part of Road Over Bridge had collapsed in Mumbai's Andheri West this morning, the Harbour line traffic near Andheri, Mumbai has been restored. Railways is working to reinstate all remaining railway sections too.
Mumbai, July 3: Heavy rains lashed several parts of Mumbai overnight since Monday evening as some reports said over 90 mm of rainfall was recorded till 5.30 am on Tuesday in some areas. After a day's break, rains made a comeback on Monday and it has been raining incessantly across Mumbai since the evening of July 2. Stay with us for Live updates.
While waterlogging and traffic jams were being reported from some areas like Jogeshwari on Monday evening, the impact remains to be seen on Tuesday morning as Mumbaikars step out for work and it continues to rain.
There were also reports of some local train delays as people took to Twitter to update about some trains getting late by about 15 minutes. There were reports of a fast train from Churchgate to Virar stalled between Jogeshwari and Andheri for 15 minutes.