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Andheri bridge collapse: BMC, Railways decide to 'sincerely' co-ordinate
Updated On: 06 July, 2018 11:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
In their first meeting after Andheri mishap, railways says 10 squads to audit bridges, while BMC says 12

(From left) CR General Manager D K Sharma, BMC chief Ajoy Mehta and WR General Manager A K Gupta at the meeting
In a face-saving measure, the BMC and railways came together for yet another high-level meeting, at the BMC headquarters, and once again decided to "sincerely" co-ordinate with one another; and yet, by the end of it, they weren't on the same page. While the BMC issued a note stating 12 groups had been formed to jointly audit 445 bridges, the railways' note said 10 teams had been formed.
The meeting was attended by Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, General Manager of Western Railway A K Gupta, General Manager of Central Railway D K Sharma and engineering heads of railways and BMC. "This [BMC and railways giving different number of teams] shows what kind of a co-ordination meeting it was. There seems to be no clarity after the first meeting itself..." said Subhash Gupta, former member of the Divisional Railway Users' Consultative Committee.


