Victims injured in the Andheri bridge collapse succumbed to their injuries

In the Andheri bridge collapse, one of the victims injured named Asmita Katkar succumbed to her injuries on Saturday at Mumbai’s Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital. In this 3rd June mishap five people were injured after part of rail over bridge (ROB) caved in Mumbai’s suburb at Andheri because of heavy rains.

Since the accident, Katkar who is reportedly 35 years of age was on life-support. She had sustained injuries to her head, face, chest and arm after taking a steep fall on the tracks along with the bridge.

She the resident of Dalvi Chawl in Andheri and she was returning after dropping her six-year-old son to school when the mishap took place. She underwent ENT, neuro, plastic and orthopaedic surgeries. She also had undergone a vascular surgery which was performed to attach her crushed left hand to the elbow.

On the other hand, the condition of another victim, Manoj Mehta, who survived a spinal cord injury, also remains critical. The 52-year-old is undergoing treatment at Nanavati Hospital after two surgeries and has been on ventilator support. Apart from the spinal fracture, he is also suffering from injuries to his upper arm and chest.

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When the bridge collapsed early morning on Tuesday, he was waiting on platform number 8 for a Dahanu-bound train. He was stuck in the debris for close to an hour before the fire brigade personnel could rescue him.

Part of Road Over Bridge has fallen on tracks near Andheri Station impacting rail traffic. Directed officials to speed up repair work and rapidly restore traffic in close coordination with other departments. I have also ordered an enquiry by Commissioner of Rail Safety.

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) July 3, 2018

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had visited the accident site and ordered an inquiry by the Commissioner of Rail Safety whose report would have to be submitted within 15 days. Expressing regret over the accident, he said it was “very unfortunate” and “most unexpected”. He also announced Rs one lakh compensation to all people injured in the incident.

Monitoring the situation in Mumbai. Working towards restoring harbour line operations by around 2 pm. https://t.co/8F46hC1pkx

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) July 3, 2018

The minister said the last safety audit of the Gokhale Bridge had been conducted on 12 November last year and nothing wrong was found.

As promised, Harbour line traffic near Andheri, Mumbai has been restored. Railways is working to reinstate all remaining railway sections too. pic.twitter.com/U8WBLdWIdN

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) July 3, 2018

He declared that during the next six months, a joint safety audit will be conducted by the Railways, the BMC and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, at all 445 road over-bridges, foot over-bridges and bridges over pipelines in Mumbai as part of efforts to improve safety for the commuters.

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