Be punctual and remove glitches. This is what the new Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu told railway authorities at a high-level meeting held late night on November 21 in Mumbai. Over the last few weeks, officials have missed the deadline to convert the overhead power lines from 1,500-volt Direct Current (DC) to 25,000-volt Alternating Current (AC) supply on the Central Railway. Consequently, the maintenance work has been hampered, leading to delays in services due to technical glitches and failures. On November 22, this newspaper had reported about these two issues in the article ‘Nightmare on CR to continue as power upgradation delayed’.

The Railways has been pulled up for delays in services and maintenance. Pic/Nimesh Dave