<p class="title">The Railways on Tuesday announced to undertake a safety audit of nearly 450 road overbridges, foot overbridges, and bridges over the pipelines here to detect and rectify any flaws in them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Railways Minister Piyush Goyal made the announcement in suburban Andheri where a portion of a road overbridge (ROB) collapsed this morning due to heavy rains.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road overbridge, built in 1971, collapsed near the eastern side of the Andheri railway station and some parts of it fell on rail tracks, disrupting train services.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five people were injured in the incident and Goyal announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for each of them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A joint safety audit will be conducted by the Railways, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and IIT-Bombay of the 445 ROBs, foot overbridges (FOBs) and bridges over the pipelines in Mumbai as part of efforts to improve the safety of commuters, Goyal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have spoken to the director of IIT-Bombay and he has assured all cooperation. In the next six months, all the 445 ROBs, FOBs and other bridges going above water pipelines will be inspected and a joint safety audit will be carried out in association with the BMC as well," he told reporters at the site of the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The railway minister said that based on its findings, rectification of any flaws in these bridges will be taken up by his ministry on mission mode.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Terming today's incident extremely unfortunate, Goyal said that he has already announced an inquiry into it by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) and has sought a report within 15 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Informing the reporters that hundreds of officers and employees of the Railways were involved in the restoration work on a war footing, he said, "Two lines of the Harbour corridor have become operational and we hope by 8 pm the other three lines will also become operational." </p>
<p class="title">The Railways on Tuesday announced to undertake a safety audit of nearly 450 road overbridges, foot overbridges, and bridges over the pipelines here to detect and rectify any flaws in them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Railways Minister Piyush Goyal made the announcement in suburban Andheri where a portion of a road overbridge (ROB) collapsed this morning due to heavy rains.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road overbridge, built in 1971, collapsed near the eastern side of the Andheri railway station and some parts of it fell on rail tracks, disrupting train services.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five people were injured in the incident and Goyal announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for each of them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A joint safety audit will be conducted by the Railways, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and IIT-Bombay of the 445 ROBs, foot overbridges (FOBs) and bridges over the pipelines in Mumbai as part of efforts to improve the safety of commuters, Goyal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have spoken to the director of IIT-Bombay and he has assured all cooperation. In the next six months, all the 445 ROBs, FOBs and other bridges going above water pipelines will be inspected and a joint safety audit will be carried out in association with the BMC as well," he told reporters at the site of the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The railway minister said that based on its findings, rectification of any flaws in these bridges will be taken up by his ministry on mission mode.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Terming today's incident extremely unfortunate, Goyal said that he has already announced an inquiry into it by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) and has sought a report within 15 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Informing the reporters that hundreds of officers and employees of the Railways were involved in the restoration work on a war footing, he said, "Two lines of the Harbour corridor have become operational and we hope by 8 pm the other three lines will also become operational." </p>