Kurla bridges shutdown: Twitterati unhappy over sudden closure

The closing oftwo bridges one with the BMC and the other with railways at Kurla station caused much inconvenience to peakhour commuters at the busy Mumbai railway station According to commuters the bridges were shut without adequate preparedness and prior notice to the public that lead to a chaotic situation Commuters were mainlyworried that a stampedelike situation could have taken place with too much crowd on the bridgeMidday got the Central Railway general manager Devendra Sharma and local Assistant Municipal Commissioner to intervene after which some order was restored by evening rush hour afterNetizens reacted to this move on the social media platform Twitter with some expressing surprise over the closure while others chose to keep the commuters informed about the situationKurla station at morning peak hours Another stampede waiting to Happen rpfcr doing a great job The bridge shut needs to be repaired ASAP before any untoward accident Central_Railway pictwittercomkvThEHugqLmdash Annie annette193 April 3 2019it feels like i came out of death here Kurla Railway station BridgeOne bridge is closed for unexplained reasons people may die due to so much crowd on the bridge railway police cant also help us plz do something quickly PiyushGoyal RailMinIndia rpfcrbbmdash N123 FlashT123 April 2 2019acircAcircAcircu00c2u0081brvbarCentral_RailwayacircAcircAcircu00c2u0081copy mdashWhy are there no indicators working on kurla stn Even the indicators on foot over bridge are not working ethAcircAcircu00c2u009fcurrenAcircAcircu00c2u0094 pictwittercomE4GpSOUGwkmdash Madhavi Joshi madhavi_rj April 2 2019Today morning kurla station Mumbai Foot over bridge was shut coz maintenance and people were forced to take other bridge PiyushGoyal sir hope such case should not become a reason for stampede pictwittercomb2ssMEyhzZmdash Ankit Taunk nkit_taunk April 2 2019Rush at Footover bridge at Kurla station PF8Time taken Vashi to kurla 25 minKurla PF8 to PF25 minBullet train economic superpower 5th largest economy military satellite in space Sab secondary h this is priority for me Dev_FadnavisnarendramodiPiyushGoyal bridges pictwittercomgP1ryqUJBJmdash Ashish SharmaatildeAcircAcircu00c2u0085currenatildeAcircAcircu00c2u0085currenatildeAcircAcircu00c2u0085currenatildeAcircAcircu00c2u0085curren ashish_speaks April 2 2019Commuters overcrowding footover bridge after unplanned blocking of staircases at Kurla station Police personnel warned bt its impossible to reach the next bridge amidst crowd Took over 15 mins to get out of the station MCGM_BMC pls help pictwittercomJQr81NU0Qrmdash Debangana Ghosh debanganaghosh4 April 2 2019drmbct Central_Railway RailMinIndia BJP4Maharashtra look at this Kurla railway station bridge Are we waiting for more 100 ppl to loose their lives pictwittercomSnsf14UQaEmdash Labhesh Vaidya LabheshV April 2 2019Earlier on March 2019 Central Railway sealed a food stall at Kurla station after a video of an unhygienic lemon juice preparation shot by commuter from the foot overbridge went viral on social media In the video the vendor was seen preparing the juice with bare hands and impure water stored in the water tanks on the roof top of the canteen The railways are replacing the roof of the platform and hence the activities of the vendor were visibleAlso ReadMumbai Wide crack appears on Matunga footoverbridge BMC declares it safeCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates