Army engrs. entrusted with construction of 3 FOBs in Mumbai

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New Delhi : In view of the recent stampede at Elphinstone Road Railway Station, Mumbai, there was an urgent need to address enhancement of infrastructure in terms of construction of additional Foot Over Bridges (FOBs) at selected railway stations in Mumbai.

Accordingly, under the provisions of ‘Instructions on Aid to the Civil Authorities by the Armed Forces, 1970’, Indian Army Engineers have been entrusted with construction of three foot-over-bridges at Elphinstone Road Railway Station, Curry Road Railway Station and Ambivili Railway Station. The cost of the assistance provided by the Army is recoverable from the Civil Authority concerned in terms of the provisions of ‘Instructions on Aid to the Civil Authorities by the Armed Forces, 1970’.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Hariom Singh Rathore and Manoj Rajoria in Lok Sabha on January 3, 2018, according to a PIB release.