Over a week after CR said that it would demolish the rusty remains of the Dombivli foot-over-bridge (FOB), the authorities have announced a traffic and power block on the night of October 18 and 19 on the Diva-Kalyan and Dombivli-Kalyan sections to bring down the bridge. A senior CR official said it was important to stop rail traffic on the routes, as a crane would be used for the work.

Earlier this month, mid-day had done a page 1 story (A disaster waiting to happen at Dombivli) on how the rusted remains of the bridge were left hanging on the rail lines, with commuters asking the railways whether they were waiting for a collapse. Following the report, the CR authorities had promised that the bridge would be demolished this month itself.