After the tweet went viral, Western Railway wrote to the civic authorities calling for an inspection of the bridge.
Pictures of the Matunga Road skywalk in Mumbai went viral on social media after a Twitter user posted several pictures warning about its safety.
Share this Pic as much as you can..this is Matunga Station Bridge..almost about to fall pic.twitter.com/Rfh5wKbM3y
— Aashiश Joशी (@aashishjoshi00) March 30, 2019
Nice heads up bhai. Send to concerned authorities. @Dev_Fadnavis
— Atindra Shukla🇮🇳 (@ads7506) March 30, 2019
@mumbaimatterz @RoadsOfMumbai @CMOMaharashtra
— Kailash Trehan (@TrehanKailash) March 30, 2019
Scary
It looks like it may collapse any time.
Ppl have reported this 2-3 days ago, already acknowledged by Mum Police as well as Railways.
— 🇮🇳 🄰🄿🄾🄾🅁🅅 🇮🇳 (@apoorvc2005) March 30, 2019
Following this, BMC authorities replied that the pictures show a construction joint and the foot over-bridge was safe to use, reported TOI.
Just last month, a foot over-bridge outside CSMT collapsed which killed 6 people and left several injured.
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