75 lakh commuters use Mumbai locals every day and their safety is under
tremendous threat to the state of the bridge. Elphinstone foot
overbridge was a tragedy waiting to happen. With MPs to Mumbaikars, all
are raising a red flag.
A day after the tragedy, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal did stock taking
and made crucial changes to ensure that the safety of commuters is
paramount. So much so that the Indian Railways is expected to work on a
war footing to identify bridges that need fixing and foot overbridges
will now be treated as essential and not an amenity.
While these measures are being taken, the question we ask is when will
the bridge be built? Previous Railway minister Suresh Prabhu announced
the bridge in Feb 2016 and the tender is yet to be awarded. Does the
government need to prioritise between railways and bullet train?
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