Updated On: 01 March, 2025 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
With a public toilet removed, work on dismantling the structure’s floor slab accelerates; permissions secured for tree pruning; sources said that encroachers were staying on the top of the toilet creating problems, but all the issues have now been sorted out

Demolished public toilet beside the under-construction Sion bridge. Pics/Anurag Ahire
The public toilet stopping the demolition of Sion bridge has finally been pulled down. Work of removing the floor slab of the bridge has also started expediting the dismantling process of the bridge. The permissions for pruning the blocking trees are also already in place.
mid-day had highlighted a few weeks ago how six months after shutting down the Sion bridge in August 2024, four trees and a toilet block were blocking the demolition process. Sources said that encroachers were staying on the top of the toilet creating problems, but all the issues have now been sorted out, and the power connection to the structure has been removed and the toilet block pulled down.