Even as the possibility of massive traffic confusion stares them in the eye with the closure of the Lower Parel rail overbridge (ROB) after it was declared unfit, the Western Railway (WR) and BMC are still squabbling over how to fix it. The confusion has boiled down right to who will fix the bridge, and the signboards announcing the shuttering of the ROB as well.

You do it, no, you do it
Regarding reconstruction of the bridge, WR officials said they have written to BMC after receiving warnings from IIT-Bombay, and taken up some initiatives to fix the bridge on their own. A senior WR official said that as per IIT-B's inspection report, WR has requested BMC to rebuild the bridge, whose work WR will supervise in the railway portion. However, BMC sent WR a letter on July 21, asking them to carry out the repairs in the railways section. Replying to the letter, WR again requested BMC to execute the reconstruction on an urgent basis at their level in suitable coordination with WR. Discussions are still going on in this regard. WR maintained that the BMC would have to reconstruct the entire bridge and that railways would offer all possible expertise and co-operation.