Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the civic agencies in Mumbai and the Railways to hold regular meetings to solve the problems of local train commuters and directed speedy completion of foot and rail overbridges in the city. Both the Central and Western Railway should expedite the repair of Foot Over Bridges and Rail Over Bridges across the city, said a bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni. The issue of dilapidated train infrastructure came to the fore last month when a part of ROB collapsed in Andheri, killing two persons. The court was hearing petitions seeking various directions for improvement of the suburban rail network.
The BMC on Tuesday said that Railways had asked for Rs 27 crore for repair and maintenance of FOBs and ROBs. The BMC agreed to the demand but the Railways was yet to submit details of the proposed work, the BMC’s lawyer said. “You must also hold regular joint meetings to discuss problems faced by the commuters and the ways by which those can be resolved,” the bench said.