Passengers also complained of delays of nearly and hour and severe crowding at stations enroute Kalyan is one of Central Railway's busiest junctions and is a major halt for suburban and long distance trains.
After Wednesday’s heavy rains, some roads virtually turned into rivers of fast-moving water as several areas received more than 100 mm of rain in five hours of evening.
Mumbai rains Highlights updates: Amid heavy rainfall situation, Mumbai municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani has asked all assistant commissioners to ensure that respective executive engineers stay put in ward control rooms.
The incident occurred on Monday night when they had gone to attend signalling point issues which had failed. They were run over by a passing local train between Vasai Road & Naigaon at around 9 PM.
Mumbai local train news: The suburban services, considered as the 'lifeline of Mumbai', were affected at around 10:30 am after the wire over a Churchgate-bound fast line snapped between Dahisar and Borivali stations, officials added.
Maharashtra: The Carnac bridge, constructed in 1867, was shut down for vehicles in September this year as concerns mounted over its state among the Central Railway and Mumbai police officials.
The minister cited that it was a long-pending demand of the public to reduce the fares of air-conditioned local trains in Mumbai and they had received suggestions to reduce the existing fare by at least 20-30 percent.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said while it was aware of the hardships faced by lawyers in Mumbai, it could not go beyond medical advice and permit them to use the local train services for travelling to work.
Out of the 10 AC local services, two will be operated between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (in Mumbai) and Kalyan (in neighbouring Thane), four between CSMT and Dombivli (Thane) and four between CSMT and Kurla, the CR said.
Mumbai's AC local train services will remain suspended from Friday (tomorrow) as the state gears up to contain the spread of COVID 19 which has infected at least 47 people in Maharashtra alone while all India toll has surged to 169. Maharashtra is also the state which has reported one of the three coronavirus deaths in the country after a 64-year-old man died on Tuesday.
Mumbai has been receiving very heavy rains since the onset of monsoons this year. Two separate incidents of wall collapse were reported in the state due to heavy downpour, in which nearly 22 people have lost their lives. The authorities have warned locals to stay indoors as only emergency services are functional in the city.
Mumbai: Criticising authorities over handling of commuter rage and breakdown of suburban train services last week, the Shiv Sena today mocked the Centre's promise of “achche din” and asked where are the good days assured
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