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Landslide near Khandala brings Mumbai-Pune railway tracks to a halt

Around 8.50 pm, over 100 boulders fell on the tracks leading to trains being halted between Monkey Hill and Khandala

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Some of the boulders on the tracks

Some of the boulders on the tracks

Heavy non-stop rains in Lonavala caused a landslide, leading to boulders falling on railway tracks affecting trains, especially on the Mumbai-Pune tracks, on Saturday. Around 8.50 pm, over 100 boulders fell on the tracks leading to trains being halted between Monkey Hill and Khandala. An alert watchman of the railways informed authorities concerned of the same immediately.

CCTV cameras helped the administration regulate the mail/express trains on this section. A boulder special team was immediately dispatched and the tracks were cleared after three hours.

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