The quality of construction work within the Jabalpur Railway Division is under scrutiny once again. Despite spending crores on construction, the substandard work carried out by the Engineering Department has compromised passenger safety and train operations. In two separate incidents, sheds at Deवरी and Gosalpur railway stations collapsed due to strong...
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winds. The incident at Gosalpur resulted in the disruption of train services for several hours due to damage to the Overhead Electrical (OHE) system. The Engineering Department is accused of neglecting quality control to expedite the work. The Gosalpur foot over bridge project has been plagued by delays, with contractors abandoning the project and a change in policy leading to the involvement of a different agency. The incident at Deवरी occurred just days after the shed was installed and has raised serious concerns about the shoddy construction work. Despite the suspension of S.S.E. Shashikant Kumar in connection with the Gosalpur incident, no action has been taken against senior officials allegedly involved in the matter. The Deवरी incident has further highlighted the lack of accountability and quality control within the Jabalpur Railway Division.

On Tuesday, train services were disrupted on the Jabalpur-Katni rail section due to an OHE line breakage on the down track near Gosalpur station. The incident, attributed to a strong wind, caused delays for 10 trains on the down track and 5 on the up track. The railway team worked diligently...
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to restore services, resulting in some train cancellations. Additionally, the Pune Special train will be canceled on a one-trip basis due to double-tracking work on the Daund-Manmad section. The doubling work on the Daund-Manmad section, particularly at the Poontabha-Kanhegaon station, has led to the cancellation of some trains and route changes for others. Two trains, the Viraangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Pune Special and the Pune-Viraangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Special, were canceled on specific dates. Trains like the Jammu Tawi-Pune Express (Jhelum Express) and the Nizamuddin-Vasco-de-Gama Goa Express have been rerouted to reach their destinations via Manmad-Igatpuri-Kalyan-Panvel-Pune.

On Tuesday, a foot over bridge at Gosalpur Railway Station in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, collapsed due to heavy winds and rain. A portion of the bridge fell onto the overhead electrical (OHE) line, disrupting train services. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Railway engineers were dispatched to Gosalpur to repair the bridge...
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and OHE line. The incident affected over a dozen trains, but services were restored after about three hours.