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As little as four inches of water can bring a locomotive engine to a standstill until the tracks clear. After crossing four inches, the water enters traction motors at the bottom of the engine, which can cause an ‘engine failure’.

When Akshara reached the stationmaster’s office, she admitted that she had lost her purse around 9 pm. And it was only because of Dipchand’s honesty, that she had recovered it within an hour.

For over ten years, 53-year-old Yatin Naik has been dedicatedly foraging through the station area and railway tracks of Andheri, to collect abandoned wallets by pickpockets after procuring the cash.

Reports suggest that the death toll in India from the derailment of trains in 2016-17 is the highest it has been in 10 years

Within three months from October and December, the Railway managed to clear 30,000 cubic metres of garbage from over five locations - including tracks near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Masjid Bunder, Thane, Parsik tunnel area, and Dharavi.

On his visit to Agartala for a two-day programme called Setubandhan or bridge of bonding, Mujibul Haque Mujib, Bangladesh’s railway minister, announced that the country would restore railway lines at 12 places between the two countries which were discontinued after the partition and wars.