India, March 16 -- In the last 11 months, Central Railway (CR) has cleared an astounding 1.16 million muck bags containing 69.9 million kg of garbage and muck from its premises. The work continues with the approaching of the monsoon.

Earlier this month, the BMC and Railways, along with other bodies, held a joint pre-monsoon works meeting and discussed the various measures required to be taken in the coming days. One of the biggest issues flagged was the problem of garbage dumped on and along the tracks, which chokes culverts and storm water drainage lines leading to water logging and the disruption of train services during the monsoon. The data shows that garbage- and muck-dumping along railway tracks is a significant and persistent prob...