Summary:
And so the railway authorities have asked the civic bodies to demolish slums that share its wall with the boundary walls next to the rail tracks. Sources from the Railways said that at the recent pre-monsoon meet, the Railways asked the civic bodies to demolish these structures immediately. The Railways have identified over 25 such locations where multi-storeyed slums stand dangerously next to rail tracks. The Railways also claim that these slums are one of the reasons behind garbage and filth dumped on tracks and rail premises. The Western Railway and Central Railway together have removed over 2.50 lakh cubic meter of muck until May 31..