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SILIGURI: UNESCO has reprimanded the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) and warned of revoking the heritage tag to the 140-year-old hill railway in Bengal over poor upkeep, DHR officials said on Monday. DHR officials have blamed recurring landslides through the year for the damage to the tracks of narrow gauge railway. The landslips are the main obstacle in regular running of the DHR trains as repairing takes time, the officials said. "We follow all procedures to keep the heritage tag intact. UNESCO had included the 140-year-old DHR in the list of World Heritage Monuments in December 1999..