Railway track restoration works under progress amid challeging weater conditions, says South Western Railway

Railway track restoration works under progress amid challeging weater conditions, says South Western Railway

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 31, 2024: Restoration of the railway track at the landslip location between Yedakumari and Kadagaravalli stations is progressing despite challenging weather conditions, South Western Railway said on Tuesday.

Despite heavy rains and numerous challenges on Tuesday, workers successfully unloaded 23 wagons of boulders. As of now, 94 wagons of boulders have been unloaded at the site location and 65 wagons are under loading/movement to the site location, it said.

As of now, 1,900 cubic metres (cum) of boulders have been unloaded, with an additional 2,000 cum still required to complete the restoration. A total of 93,200 empty/filled sand bags have been delivered against a requirement of 1,00,000.

The remaining bags are scheduled to arrive from Mysuru as per requirement. In all, 26 barrels of diesel supply has been managed efficiently till date, out of which 15 barrels have been consumed and 11 barrels in still in stock.

Machinery deployment has been enhanced with the addition of two Hitachi machines to the original fleet of six Hitachi and five Poclain machines. This increase aims to expedite the restoration work. Additionally, three cameras have been installed to provide real-time monitoring of progress from the WAR room at the headquarters in Hubballi, it said in a release.