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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Janardhan Reddy links Sasikanth Senthil to Dharmasthala case; Here's how Senthil reacted
Mangaluru: Congress MP and former Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada Sasikanth Senthil has countered Gali Janardhan Reddy’s allegations linking the MP to the Dharmasthala mass burial case, calling the BJP MLA’s statement baseless and hollow.
Senthil, who spoke to Vartha Bharati on the issue, expressed suspicion that Reddy was making the false charges against him as he had played a prominent role in revealing the MLA’s illegal activities when he was Assistant Commissioner of Ballari district.
“The ‘vote theft’ issue is making news across the nation and Reddy might also be attempting to link me to the Dharmasthala case to divert the attention of citizens, but I do not wish to comment on the matter,” Senthil stated.
The BJP MLA from Gangavathi in Koppal district on Tuesday accused the former IAS officer of playing a role in the propaganda against Dharmasthala, adding that the Karnataka government too had formed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case under pressure from Senthil. He also alleged that the anonymous and ‘masked’ complainant is a native of Tamil Nadu and a close associate of Senthil.
