Railway authorities have requested the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to repair or reconstruct half a dozen road overbridges (ROBs), one of which is being closed for traffic from tomorrow. The request by the Western Railway (WR) comes in the wake of the collapse of a portion of a ROB in suburban Andheri early this month. The incident had led the Railways to undertake a safety audit of bridges above its tracks with the
help of the BMC and experts from the IIT-Bombay.

WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said today, "In order to ensure total safety of overhead structures on railway tracks at various locations, we have requested the civic body to repair or reconstruct on a top priority basis six ROBs that fall in their jurisdiction."