Track relaying train derails on CR's Harbour line; services on Vashi-Panvel route suspended
Mumbai (PTI): Thousands of commuters were severely inconvenienced when a track relaying train (TRT) derailed near Nerul station on Central Railway's Harbour line at 4:20pm on Sunday, leading to suspension of services on both Up (towards CSMT) and Down (away from CSMT) lines between Vashi and Panvel.
Officials said an accident relief train reached the site, between Seawoods Darave and Nerul in Navi Mumbai, at 5:30pm and efforts to re-rail the TRT were underway, though these were being delayed by heavy rains in the region.
The TRT derailed on the Up line when it was returning to Kurla after finishing maintenance work near Nerul during a routine Sunday mega block, CR officials said.
Distressed commuters were irked by initial attempts by CR authorities to downplay the incident with a vague and all-encompassing term like "technical problems".
"Due to some technical problems between Seawoods Darave and Nerul on UP Harbour Line, Up & Down Line services on Harbour Line are temporarily suspended between Vashi and Panvel. All-out efforts are being made for early restoration," the Divisional Railway Manager of Central Railway wrote on X.
It is a big disruption lasting such a long time during evening peak hours, the least CR could have done is give proper information, an irate commuter said.
A CR official said services were operational between CSMT-Vashi-CSMT, Belapur-Panvel-Belapur and Thane-Nerul-Thane sections.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
