Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways and Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution reviewed the preparations of Railways including Northern Railway on 10.06.2021.
Speaking on the occasion he said that Railways in India and Mumbai needs to be fully prepared for the monsoon. The preparations and road map of Mumbai Suburban Railways in having all contingency solutions in the rainy season. The Minister examined current status of vulnerable areas & reviewed plans for smooth functioning of trains.
Goyal said that Railways is committed to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to Mumbaikars as monsoon begins.
While reviewing the preparedness of the Suburban Railways, the Minister advised the Railways to partner with Institutions like IIT Mumbai to study the efficiency of technical and civil work initiatives of Railways in handling monsoon rains.
He said Innovation and hard work must go together to ensure that Railway services continue to operate safely and in an uninterrupted manner.
It may be noted that even during Covid pandemic, Railways had undertaken a major exercise for the cleaning of muck/garbage/earth of 2,10,000 Cu Meters from suburban sections by deploying 03 No muck special including specially modified EMU rakes in Mumbai.Flooding spots of previous monsoon were identified and customized solutions were devised for each spot Eg: Bandra, Andheri, Mahim, Grant Road, Goregaon.
In order to have real time and authentic rain data four numbers of automatic rain gauge (ARG) have now been installed in association with IMD and ten numbers installed by WR independently.
