- Erosion occurred on railway track due to fast flow of water
- Divisional Railway Manager and other officials reach spot
Chronicle Reporter, Ratlam
On Saturday night, an on-duty night patrolman was performing his duty between Mangalmahudi and Limkheda in heavy rain at around 10 pm. During that time, he saw erosion of ballast due to fast flow of water from under the track on up line between Mangalmahudi and Limkheda stations.
On seeing this, he informed his senior officials and control. On getting the information, Divisional Railway Manager along with other officials left for the affected place and some officials took over the operation of trains from Railway Control Office. As per the instructions of Divisional Railway Manager Ratlam, officials of Engineering, Operating, Signal, TRD, Power and other departments immediately started track repair and operation of trains on war footing. In a short while, many other trains including Avantika were going to pass through this track. Considering the seriousness of the incident, trains going towards Godhra were stopped at various stations and under the direction of the Divisional Railway Manager, single line working system was adopted between Mangalmahudi-Limkheda and trains in both up and down directions were run one by one. The officers and employees of the division repaired the track in five hours.
Due to the dedication of the officers and employees of Ratlam division, this work was done quickly and completed in five hours. Ratlam division is continuously working at the affected site and the division has identified such sites during the monsoon and is continuously inspecting and patrolling there so that if any such natural incident occurs, corrective action can be taken immediately.
