Shiradi Ghat: Train services resume
Team Udayavani, Aug 26, 2019, 11:35 AM IST
Mangaluru: Train services along the Shiradi Ghat section has resumed since Aug 25th. Earlier, passenger train services on Sakaleshpur-Subramanya Road Ghat section coming under Dakshina Kannada and Hassan districts had been stopped for nearly two weeks following landslides at some places along the ghat route.
“The services on the section has been suspended due to landslips and soil erosion under rail track at several locations on the 55-kilometre stretch following record rainfall in the area early this month,” stated a release by the South Western Railway.
“Senior Railway officials and a large section of the staff have worked day and night relentlessly in tough weather conditions to restore the track for the safe movement of passenger trains,” it added.
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