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One of the rollers broke leading to a technical issue. But 80% work was completed. Amit Saini, additional municipal commissioner

- Shashank Rao and Linah Baliga

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) left a 400-tonne girder for the Carnac bridge dangling by the cables of a 700-tonne crane at the site on the night of January 25-26. It happened during a 6-hour block that was later extended by five hours. This could not be rectified even on the night of January 26-27, and an emergency block had to be taken on Monday night (January 27-28) between 12:30 a.m. and 4 a.m.

What happened on Sun? The BMC, over the weekend, took up work of launching a girder for Carnac bridge as part of the second phase. Sources in Central Railway said that it seemed the BMC was not fully prepared for the work which led to a technical failure while pushing the 400-odd-tonne steel girder.

"The jack, which was holding the girder, broke. Thereafter, even the roller which was being used to slide the girder onto the other end broke. There was a point when the girder tilted too close to the existing girder, almost dashing it. This was a major safety issue and so we asked them to take an emergency block on Monday afternoon, but they were not ready. Finally, permissions were sought to carry out the work on Monday-Tuesday night between 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m.," explained a senior CR official.