Amid the recent string of mishaps, including the fatal CSMT bridge collapse earlier this year, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been tasked with conducting structural audits of bridges built in Mumbai by the BMC in the last five years.
The Maharashtra government made the announcement about CAG audit of Mumbai’s bridges, which have been in news recently due to faulty work, in the Legislative Council on Wednesday.
It also assured the Upper House that modern technology will be used in the construction of new bridges in the financial capital, which has seen mishaps involving foot-over-bridges (FOBs) in the last few years.
The latest incident took place in mid-March this year, when a foot overbridge near the crowded Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station collapsed, killing seven persons.