Maha: 6K passengers stranded as train services disrupted on Konkan Railway route

Nearly 6000 passengers were stranded as train services on the Konkan Railway route in Maharashtras Ratnagiri district were suspended on Thursday after a river overflowed following heavy rains in the area officials saidSo far nine trains have been regulated due to disruption of services on the route they saidRegulating trains means they have been either rerouted shortterminated or cancelledKonkan Railway officals said these trains were at safe locations on different stations and the passengers in them were also safe and they were being provided food and waterWater level at the Vashishti river bridge between Chiplun and Kamathe stations in Ratnagiri has risen above the danger mark after the heavy downpour an official saidIn view of the safety of passengers train services in this section are suspended temporarily he saidAlso read Maharashtra Heavy rains wash out rail tracks near Kasara Ghat train services hamperedAccording to rail officials 55006000 passengers were stranded in trains which were regulated at various stations on the Konkan Railway routeThe Konkan Railway informed that due to the flood situation at Chiplun so far nine long distance trains have been regulatedOut of these the DadarSawantwadi special train was regulated at Chiplun station and the CSMTMadgaon Janshatabdi special train at Khed stationKonkan Railway spokesperson Girish Karandikar said passengers in these trains were safeDespite several challenges the Konkan Railway was providing food and water to the stranded passengers he saidWe have made arrangements to provide tea snacks and water to all the stranded passengers Karandikar saidThis is the second disruption on the Konkan Railway route in the last few daysOn July 19 train services on the route were suspended for a day due to seepage of water in the Old Goa tunnel near PanajiThe Konkan Railway has a 756kmlong track from Roha near Mumbai to Thokur located close to MangaluruThe route spread across three states Maharashtra Goa and Karnataka is one of the challenging terrains as it consists of many rivers gorges and mountainsTrain services of the Central Railway in the Kasara Ghat section of Maharashtras Thane district and near Lonavala hill town in Pune district adjoining Mumbai were also severely affected on Thursday after heavy rains caused flooding washing out of tracks boulder crashes and mudslides in that region officials saidInputs from PTIThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever