A number of bridges in city are being brought down in the name of safety, but what happens to them next is anybody's guess. While at many places, reconstruction is yet to begin, at some, work is still in the planning stage.

It was in January 2016 first that the Central Railway declared the 134-year-old Hancock bridge too old and a hindrance for trains, demolishing it. Since then, the reconstruction has kicked up a controversy owing to its delay; following a petition, the HC, too, had rapped the authorities for not starting major reconstruction work despite approvals and funds being in place.