QMumbai: Cracks in Grant Road Bridge; Navi Mumbai Land Deal Tiff
Western Railways buried its own report warning of massive corrosion, and other stories.
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1. Hrs After Bridge Collapse, Cracks Found on Another
On a day a portion of a walkway of Gokhale bridge in Andheri collapsed on railway tracks, cracks were found on another road overbridge at Grant Road railway station on Tuesday.
Cracks were spotted at 11.30 pm on Tuesday on Frere bridge, which connects Nana Chowk on the west of the railway tracks to Novelty Cinema on the east. The road was immediately shut and traffic diverted.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
2. Navi Mumbai Land Deal: Sena Tells CM to Come Clean, BJP’s Lad Files Suit Against Congress Leaders
Even as the Shiv Sena took on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the alleged scam involving a 24-acre plot worth Rs1,700 crore in Navi Mumbai’s Kharghar on Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Prasad Lad filed a Rs500 crore defamation suit against Congress leaders for making baseless allegations against him involving the same land deal.
The allegations were made by the Congress earlier this week, before the start of the monsoon session of the state legislature on Wednesday.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
3. You Can’t Pass the Buck for Collapse, HC Tells BMC
A day after the collapse of the walkway of Gokhale bridge, the Bombay HC on Wednesday said that any incident pertaining to civic amenities that affects citizens was the responsibility of the BMC.
A division bench of Justices NH Patil and GS Kulkarni was hearing a PIL filed by Smita Dhruva, president of the Congress’ south Mumbai division, after 23 people were killed in a stampede at Elphinstone Road station bridge in September last year.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
4. WR Buried Its Own Report Warning of Massive Corrosion
The Andheri road overbridge that collapsed onto the railway tracks on Tuesday, resulting in five people suffering injuries and a day-long disruption of train services, was a disaster waiting to happen, according to the Western Railway’s pre-monsoon inspection conducted just two months ago.
While a major tragedy was averted, thanks largely to an alert motorman who applied emergency brakes to halt the train metres from the crash site, it has now emerged that a warning was indeed sounded but it had gone unheeded.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
5. Maharashtra Plastic Ban: Officials Confused About Recyclable Packaging
Even as the state government has decided to ban non-recyclable multi-layer packaging used by fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies with immediate effect, officials do not know what type of packets and wrappers comes under the category. The packing is used for branded snacks, shampoo sachets, toothpaste tubes and other products.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the implementing authority of the ban, said the manufacturers will have to prove that the multi-layer packaging used is recyclable.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
6. 30 Disabled Kids, Adults Locked out of Day Care Centre by BMC
Thirty disabled children and adults had to go up to six hours without access to a washroom or potable water after being locked out of their day care centre at CST Road, Kalina, by BMC officials on Wednesday morning.
To the surprise of the students and nine staff members of the Cerebral Palsy Association of India, the locks of the day care centre were changed on Tuesday, and a board bearing the institution’s name was torn down. Some students had to wait outside for hours until their regular bus could take them home.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
7. Ganesh Mandals Asked to Fund Kids’ Education
Insisting that public money should be used for social initiatives, Maharashtra Charity Commissioner S Dige made it mandatory for Ganesh mandals in Mumbai and other cities to adopt five to 10 poor students and fund their education every year. Dige held a meeting of Ganesh mandals last week and instructed representatives to put their huge monetary collections from offerings during Ganapati festival to good use.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
8. Ayesha Takia Threatened, Husband Farhan Azmi Seeks Police Help
Ayesha Takia and her 7 months pregnant sister-in-law were allegedly harassed with threatening messages on WhatsApp by an unknown individual. Ayesha’s husband Farhan Azmi took to Twitter to seek aid from the Mumbai police. Farhan Azmi, husband of actress Ayesha Takia, in a series of tweets addressed the Mumbai Police about his wife, mother and pregnant sister being harassed and threatened by a litigant in an ongoing case.
Recently, Farhan Azmi, son of renowned Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi was accused of cheating his former business partner, Kashif Khan, in an FIR lodged with Bandra Police.
(Source: Mid-Day)
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