Rail traffic continues to remain affected

MARGAO, JULY 26
Rail traffic on the Goa-Mumbai route of the Konkan Railway continues to remain suspended for the third day today.
And, if authorities of the  Konkan Railway are to be believed, it would take more than 48 hours to completely restore rail traffic on the Goa-Mumbai sector.
KRC Sr Public Relations Manager, Baban Ghatge told Herald from Ratnagiri that the situation is bad as the Konkan region is witnessing heavy rains over the last two days. He said work has begun to restore the rail link, but the heavy rains  has hampered the ongoing work.
Ghatge said that rail services between Goa and Mumbai will continue to remain suspended for two more days till the route is restored for traffic.. “Heavy rains have hampered work to restore the rail services between Goa and Mumbai. Atleast during the next 48 hours, there’s no possibility of the rail services resuming between the two points”, he added.
Most of the Mumbai bound trains originating from Margao, including the Konkan Kanya express and the Mandovi Express have been cancelled during the last two days.
The railway authorities have either diverted or rescheduled all long distance trains running on the Konkan railway route following the heavy damage caused to the rail tracks at the Ratnagiri sector.
Replying to a question, Ghatge said all passengers stranded at the Ratnagiri railway station have been transhipped by the Jhodpur Express, adding that KRC authorities are presently concentrating on the restoration of the rail services at Ratnagiri.