Five weeks after the CSMT foot overbridge collapsed, the civic body's inquiry has barely made any progress. Recommendations made in the preliminary report published on March 15 have not been implemented yet. While a full-fledged inquiry is yet to begin, the civic chief's directive of setting up a bridge inspection authority is still on paper, with the elections being blamed for the delay.

After a preliminary report on the CSMT bridge collapse was prepared, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Vigilance Department was expected to submit a detailed version of it on April 20 but failed to do so since they are still awaiting a response from the Central Railways. "The BMC had written to the Railways to explain the amount of load they considered when they connected all the platforms to the CSMT FOB. Without their response, the report would be incomplete. Their response is expected this week after which we will submit the report," said a senior civic official.