See http://www.konkanrailway.com/website/press_2005/press_nivsar_090706.htm
9thJuly2006 PRESS RELEASE TRAIN SERVICES SAFE AND ON SCHEDULE ON KONKAN RLY Some prominent newspapers in Mumbai have given a headline that train services will be discontinued on Konkan Railway route for 7-8 months for major repair work, Konkan Railway hereby clarifies that this is not correct. Train services on our route are running as per regular schedule. The news carried by the said newspaper is exaggerated and the railway authorities mentioned in the news item, namely Shri Tupe – Regional Railway Manager Ratnagiri - has been misquoted. The reference in the news item is regarding railway track in Nivsar station. There is some settlement in the area due to heavy rains, however it is not that serious to affect safety of trains. Konkan Railway has packed up the affected small stretch with ballast and taken due care to ensure smooth and safe passage of trains. Enough engineering officials and staff are working round the clock to pack up the track on the platform line. As a matter of extra precaution, while this work is going on, all trains are stopped short of this location and taken at walking speed across. Thus there is no danger at all to passengers. Konkan Railway has also called professional geologists to undertake geological investigation of the site based on which further action will be taken to eliminate this problem. Konkan Railway continues to run all scheduled passenger and freight trains and this can be verified by the fact that trains are packed as usual. -- Need a *Gmail* e-mail ID? Do write to me. Will send you an invitation to open a *Gmail* e-mail account. :-) _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
