After both the Central and Western Railway suffered massive disruptions within the first two days of the monsoon, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu sent a team of 22 senior officials to inspect the monsoon preparations made by the suburban railway administration. Predictably, the inspection led to the local authorities playing the blame game. One of the biggest issues was the partial collapse of the Parsik Hill tunnel on the Kalyan end of the Central line, which not only led to several trains being cancelled on Tuesday, but is the reason why trains are still running late.

A portion of the damaged retaining wall is still hanging precariously from the slope. Pic/Sameer Markande