In a significant move, it has come to light that the Central Railways (CR) has decided to replace eight old foot-over-bridges (FoBs) and construct new ones along its suburban section in Mumbai.
A tender for the dismantling and re-construction of these FoBs has already been issued last week, which is going to be opened in the second week of September. Reports stated that most of these FoBs have completed their core life.
These eight bridges include the famous 'Z' Fob at Matunga, which is also known as Matunga workshop FoB, reconstruction of the public FoB located at the Kalyan end of Masjid station, Bhandari FoB located between CSMT and Masjid station, the public FoB at Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar station, the public FoB between Nahur and Mulund (near Apna Bazar), the Matunga level crossing FoB and Dharavi FoB (located between Matunga and Sion stations).
As per the plan, the new FoB will be ready within two years of the tendering process being completed.
The total cost of dismantling and reconstruction these FoBs has been estimated around INR 40.5 crores and the project will be funded by the BMC.
Currently, CR's Mumbai Division has 205 FoBs and more than 90 FoBs have been constructed after 2014.
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