After Vande Bharat Trains Hit Cattle, Railways Begin Fencing 620-Km Route

Mumbai:

To stop cattle run-over incidents, the Western Railway (WR) has commenced work of erecting steel boundaries alongside the greater than 620-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad trunk route, its chief spokesperson stated on Wednesday.

Sumit Thakur, chief spokesperson of WR, informed PTI that the work of erecting steel beam fencing on the busy route has commenced on the Ankleshwar-Bharuch part beneath the Vadodara division and it is happening in full swing.

After a number of cattle hit incidents involving the celebrated Vande Bharat Categorical between Mumbai and Gandhinagar, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 final 12 months, WR had determined to put in steel fences alongside the path to cease animals from straying onto the tracks.

Thakur stated the steel fencing will cowl a size of 622 km and all the undertaking will price Rs 245.26 crore.

“In all eight tenders have been awarded and the fencing work is progressing in full swing. The work is anticipated to be accomplished within the subsequent 4 to five months,” the WR chief spokesperson stated.

As soon as accomplished, the undertaking will assist in stopping cattle run-over incidents and guarantee clean motion of trains, he stated.

In accordance with the Mumbai-headquartered WR, they’re utilizing guardrails manufactured from metal as an alternative of constructing concrete partitions for the fencing work.

The fencing could be very sturdy because it consists of two W-beams that stand for extensive flanges, that are thicker, that support in resisting bend stress, it stated.

Such fencing is used alongside highways and expressways, particularly at accident-prone areas, to offer safety to automobiles in addition to pedestrians, the Railway administration identified.

WR stated cattle run over incidents adversely have an effect on rail operations, improve the opportunity of accidents and trigger loss to Railway property. Such incidents additionally endanger the lives of cattle and trigger monetary loss to their house owners.

Thakur stated within the meantime, Railway Safety Pressure (RPF) personnel beneath the Mumbai Division have recognized weak places and carried out frequent consciousness and sensitization campaigns to stop cattle hit incidents.

“In addition to, RPF has carried out conferences with sarpanches of all villages positioned within the neighborhood of railway tracks,” Thakur stated.

Western Railway has appealed to cattle house owners and grazers to not let their domesticated animals come close to the railway tracks.

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