A huge work force is working round-the-clock in the repair and restoration work at the railway tracks that were damaged after the Harda railway accident on August 4. The accident, in which two trains were derailed, had claimed 29 lives.
The employees involved in the restoration work claimed that one of the tracks would be made usable by August 10 and after the successful trial of the track the work of the other track would be started. Officials of South Central Railway, Secunderabad Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) would be investigating the accident on August 12 and 13 in Harda.
On Saturday while the cranes was used to remove bogies from the river one more body was recovered but the identity of the deceased could not be established. Initially the trains would pass as a speed of 10 -15 km /hr.
Work force including railway and private workers are working continuously and in the process 12 Poclain machines, 15 tractors, two cranes, three JCB machines, one Hydra, 30 supervisors, 20 senior level officials and 300 employees deployed by contractor are working to restore.
The gangmen are welding the rails over the cement sleeper while the Poclain machines are making base of clay. The JCB machines are placing the finished rails over the base.
ADEN AK Pandey of Banapura Khandwa section said that after starting one of the track up and down trains from both the ends would pass through the single operational track and for the proper functioning Block system would be applied n which trains from one of the side are halted at the nearest railway station.