Sri Lanka, April 3 -- Passenger overhead bridges at several Railway stations on the coastal Railway have become death traps.

On March 27, a passenger train passing Egoda Uyana Railway station in Moratuwa had a narrow escape when the overhead bridge collapsed on the railway line as it was approaching the platform.

The overhead bridges at Koralawella, Lunawa, and Angulana Railway station are dilapidated, and are on the verge of collapse. They are a disaster in the making. Passengers say overhead bridges at several other Railway stations, too, were in a similar dilapidated state.

They pointed out that the overhead bridge at Egoda Uyana Railway station was built in 1925 as indicated by the plaque, and hasn't been maintained. These centur...