A few days ago, Mumbai came to a standstill for several hours as heavy rains lashed India's financial capital. The transport services, including Mumbai’s lifeline, the local trains on the Central line, were severely affected.
However, the Western Railways services were operational without any glitch throughout the day.
According to the railway official, water pumps were used for clearing inundated water to avoid waterlogging.
In a first-of-its-kind on the WR, the installation of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes along with railway tracks helped in pumping out water from the tracks during heavy rainfall last week.
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As per reports, the drains with new HDPE pipes measuring 1,780 meters alongside the railway tracks helped WR in averting waterlogging at three crucial spots this monsoon. It helped WR to operate the suburban locals uninterrupted last week amid heavy rainfall.
The installation of pipes and construction of drains was done between Grant Road and Bandra; Virar and Goregaon and Dadar and Mahim railway stations.
On the Grant Road and Bandra railway section, the zonal railway has installed 460 meters of HDPE pipe and constructed an 800 meters drain. Between Dadar-Matunga and Mahim 680 meters of HDPE pipe has been inserted and 500 meters of the drain is constructed along the railway tracks. On the Virar and Goregaon section, 580 meters of HDPE pipes along with three retaining walls are constructed.
Before monsoot had set, Central and Western Railway officials have informed that over 90 per cent of the pre-monsoon works have been completed.
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