Central Railway authorities demolish building near Sandhurst Road station

13 July,2014 01:59 PM IST |   |  A Correspondent

CR authorities demolished the two-storeyed Thorat House earlier today. The cessed building, which was constructed in 1950s, shared its boundary walls with the railway lines


CR authorities demolished the two-storeyed Thorat House earlier today. The cessed building, which was constructed in 1950s, shared its boundary walls with the railway lines.

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All pics/Datta Kumbhar

Over the last couple of days, there have been two incidents where the structure's retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks affecting train services.

100 train services were expected to be cancelled for demolition work between 11pm (Saturday) to 7am (Sunday).

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