The Central Railway (CR) on Monday called for work orders worth R6.23 crore to restore the 112-year-old Narrow Gauge Neral-Matheran railway promising to bring it back to life by December. This year's monsoon has ravaged the line like never before with no trains uphill at Matheran even to ply locally between Matheran and Aman Lodge stations. There is complete damage at 21 locations, with rail tracks having been washed away.

The CR has also asked the local collector for land to built maintenance lines at Aman Lodge so that the Aman Lodge-Matheran railway, which is crucial to the daily life of residents, can be up and running.