Criticism continues to pile for the poor condition of bridges in the city, but the message of safety is still lost on the Central Railway (CR). The authorities have thrown all caution to the wind in their sudden desperation to complete repairs of the Sandhurst Road rail bridge. Commuters were shocked to see workers repairing the railway bridge with a blazing hot furnace right in the middle of tracks, as trains speed by.

On Thursday afternoon, parts of the elevated railway bridge were being repaired at the station, even as trains continued to ply. Every time a train whooshed by, one of the workers had to get away from the racks and hide in an alcove under the platform. Another labourer coolly sat and stoked a hot furnace in the middle of the down and up tracks, even as trains sped by on either side. Neither of them had any safety gear on.