Railways begins removing old track from underpass

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, June 16

The Railways authorities today started the work of removing the old rail track from an underpass at Sector 6 in the city, bringing relief to residents living in nearby localities. The underpass was lying blocked for the past three months. The Tribune had highlighted the issue in these columns on June 14.

Sources said Deputy Commissioner (DC) Manoj Kumar held a meeting with officials of the Railways, public health and Engineer Department yesterday to review the progress of various development projects and issues pertaining to these.

“At the meeting, the DC asked the railway officials when would the work of removing 5-km long track start as people of nearby areas had to take a longer route as the underpasses at the Sector 6 and near Sai Baba temple in the city were not operational even after three months of completion of the elevated rail track. The DC then directed the railway officials to remove the track within a week,” said sources.

Ramesh Khasa, president of Sector 6 Resident Welfare Association, said a team of labourers and technicians with a JCB machine reached the underpass this noon and started the work of removing the old rail track located along the underpass.

“The residents of Sector 6, 5 and 4 Extension, Sun city, Sector 34, 35 and 36, Kabir Colony, Jasbir Colony and Basant Vihar had been inconvenienced due to the closure of the underpass for the past three months. The elevated track started functioning on March 15 but the authorities failed to remove the old rail lines,” said Khasa.

Pardeep Ranjan, state coordinator of the project, said the railway officials had assured that the track would be removed within a week. Thereafter, both underpasses and eight concrete boxes for level crossing on the route would also become operational, he added.