An illegally transported dredger vessel, which was being pulled by high speed boats beneath Naigaon railway bridge on Vasai creek on Friday night, hit one of its girders between two pillars, damaging it. While a local claimed the bridge was severely damaged, the Western Railway spokesperson said only plaster fell off it.

The Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, Sumeet Thakur said, “One needs to take permission to pass under any bridge of the Indian Railways. The dredger was being illegally led under bridge number 75 on Friday night. They had not sought permission for it. Our officials have visited the site after the incident, and said the plaster of the bridge fell off. There is no hindrance in the traffic on Western Railway.”