<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Railway Minister Piyush Goyal inspected the bridge collapse site at Andheri railway station in Mumbai where a road </span>over bridge<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> collapsed this morning due to heavy rains. Five persons were injured in the incident.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Minister announced a compensation of one lakh rupees to the injured apart from medical expenses which the railways will bear.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">He also announced a cash reward of five lakh rupees for motorman Chadrashekhar Sawant, who swiftly applied emergency brakes and averted a major accident.</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Mr. Goyal told reporters that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident:</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The railway minister added that a joint safety audit of all the 445 bridges on Mumbai's suburban route will be conducted by railways, Mumbai civic body and IIT, Mumbai in the next six months and any necessary design or construction repair will be carried out as recommended.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="font-size: 12.8px;"></div></div>
News On AIR | July 3, 2018 8:36 PM
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal inspects bridge collapse site in Mumbai