The railways on Tuesday said that it will carry out a safety audit of nearly 450 roads over bridges, foot over bridges and bridges over the pipelines here to detect and rectify any flaws in them. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal made the announcement in suburban Andheri where a portion of a Road Over Bridge (ROB) collapsed this morning due to heavy rains.

The road over bridge, built in 1971, collapsed near the eastern side of the Andheri railway station and some parts of it fell on the rail tracks, disrupting train services. About five people were injured in the incident and Goyal announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for each of them.