Bridge collapse: Two civic engineers suspended

Press Trust of India  |  Mumbai 

Municipal Friday suspended two civic engineers in connection with Thursday's foot overbridge collapse which claimed six lives.

The directions were given by the following an inquiry conducted by the (vigilance).

A R Patil, who had supervised the structural audit of the bridge in 2017-18, and assistant S F Kakulte who had supervised its repair works in 2013-14, were suspended and a departmental enquiry has been ordered against them, an said.

Mehta also ordered a departmental enquiry against the then (bridges) S O Kori and the then deputy R B Tare (both retired).

Charges will be framed against the officers accordingly, the added.

Six persons were killed and 31 injured after a section of the foot overbridge near a busy train station in south collapsed during evening rush hour on Thursday.

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First Published: Fri, March 15 2019. 20:10 IST