Just a few days ago, Relief and Rehabilitation minister Eknath Khadse came under severe fire after 10,000 litres of water were used to prepare a temporary helipad in Latur so he could review the drought situation there. But believe it or not, the same quantity of water was being used to wash just a single 12-car local train in Mumbai. Thankfully, this has now been reduced to half the amount, in view of the severe water crisis.

WR and CR were earlier using between 7,000-10,000 litres for the mechanised cleaning of a single rake. This has now come down to 3,000-5,000. File pic