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Mumbai: BMC miffed as height barrier on Irla bridge keeps toppling over
Updated On: 23 December, 2023 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
It will now be shifted 50 metres from original spot to stop vehicles from knocking it down
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An undated photo of the height barrier erected by the civic body at Irla in Vile Parle. PIC/X
A height barrier set up to prevent heavy vehicles from venturing onto a bridge over a nullah at Irla in Vile Parle has fallen at least thrice since it was installed in September, to the annoyance of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Civic officials, who believed that the barrier was being knocked down deliberately, after examining CCTV footage, have decided to shift it 50 metres from its original location to prevent from falling again.
The BMC had appointed agencies to audit bridges regularly and accordingly, measures were taken such as repairing or reconstructing connectors. After receiving written instructions from the bridges department about the dilapidated condition of the bridge over a nullah near the Bata showroom on Irla Road, K West ward officials put a height barrier. As a result, heavy vehicles such as trucks, tempos, buses and cement mixer trucks have to ply a long route via Barfiwala Road or Mithibai Junction.
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