Hassan Railway landslide: Boulders yet to be unloaded for complete restoration

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Despite continued rainfall, restoration of the railway track at the landslide location between Yedakumari and Kadagaravalli railway stations is progressing, the Mysuru division of the South Western Railways stated on Tuesday.

On Saturday, July 27, A landslide occurred between the Yedakumeri and Kadagaravalli stations in Sakleshpura taluk of Hassan District occurred disrupting train services towards Mangaluru.

As of Tuesday, around 1,900 cubic meters (cum) of boulders have been unloaded. An additional 2,000 cum still required to complete the restoration. In 1 lakh sandbags, both empty and filled, only 93,200 have reached the spot.

The remaining bags are scheduled to arrive from Mysuru as per requirement. 26 Diesel barrels supply has been managed efficiently till date, out of which 15 barrels have been consumed and 11 barrels are still in stock. Machinery, cameras for monitoring are also in place.

According to the SWR, workers have successfully unloaded 23 wagons of boulders. As of now 94 Wagons of boulders have been unloaded at site location and 65 wagons are under loading/movement to the site location.