Railway traffic between Gujarat’s commercial capital Ahmedabad and Mumbai hampered on Saturday as a portion of railway bridge collapsed near Khokhara area of Ahmedabad around 10 am. More than 20 trains have been cancelled and many others delayed due to the incident.
“There has been no casualty. One person identified as Suresh and hailing from Uttar Pradesh has been injured. The bridge was over 50-year-old and situated over Ahmedabad-Mumbai railway tracks,” said railway official, adding the authority has initiated removing debris from the tracks, but the railway traffic would only be restored by late in the night as the Ahmedabad Railway Division has asked for few equipment to remove heavy wreckage of the collapsed bridge.
Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner D Thara and other officials of the civic body rushed to the site. Though part of the bridge was collapsed and remaining part seems to be safe, it has been closed for traffic till the safety certificate come from the authority, said Thara.