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Audit said Mumbai's CST foot over bridge is 'fit to use' just 6 months ago

During that audit, 354 bridges were checked for their structural soundness, a municipality official said

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Mumbai bridge collapse. Photo: ANI

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The Mumbai foot over bridge that killed six people and injured 31 on Thursday due to the collapsing of a deck was given a 'fit for use' rating in an audit report six months ago, according to several media reports. 

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said, "I have ordered a high-level inquiry into this unfortunate incident which puts a question mark over the authenticity of the structural audit of bridges carried out across the city". Fadnavis announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the family of the deceased and said a high-level committee will probe the circumstances under which

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