Navi Mumbai
commuters had to face tough time on Sunday
By Dinesh
Kamath
NAVI MUMBAI: The Harbour line services
between Mankhurd and Nerul got badly affected and were stopped on Sunday from
11am for around four hours. Commuters had no choice other than travel by other
routes or by road.
Auto drivers had a gala time during this period by
charging higher fares. However, BEST was kind enough to release extra bus
services to Navi Mumbai.
Central Railway too showed concern for commuters’
problems and they ran special trains on the CST-Mankhurd and Panvel-Thane
sections during this crisis period. Harbour line passengers for
Panvel/Belapur/Vashi were allowed to travel via the Trans-harbour line/Main
line during the block.
Suburban locals were also affected owing to this
block and they ran 15 minutes behind the schedule. Commuters were seen packed
in the trains. These trains are crowded during normal times too. But during
this crisis period they were overcrowded. Some passengers were seen hanging out
of the running trains and this appeared very risky. The railway announcers were
heard requesting the crowd not to take any risk.
The megablock between Matunga and Mulund added to
the problem. The railways tried to help the commuters to a certain extent by
making the fast trains halt at Mulund,
Bhandup, Vikhroli and other important stations during the block period.
The Western Railway posed no problem to commuters.
There it was normal as usual although a day before the block a jumbo block was
carried out between Vasai Road
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