SWR makes best out of waste, Uses redundant sleepers in ghat sections innovatively

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BM Bureau, Oct 19 : While you travel to Goa via train, you will see this innovative initiative of the South Western Railways. Thousands of cement sleepers connecting the railway track that are replaced every year as a part of safety measures that are wasted are now used in an innovative way. The SWR has used these redundant concrete sleepers in  the ghat section between Castle Rock & Dudh Sagar.

This has come in handy to track maintaining staff that move in this steepest section of the Braganza ghats moving in this section by foot. With these sleepers reused and placed appropriately, movement of the staff, especially during the monsoon has now become easy.  “About 10 thousand of these sleepers have been used to cover about 12 kms , thus it has become easy for the loco pilots, night patrolling men. In addition these sleepers have been used to many other purposes of loading-unloading train trolleys etc,” Chief PRO SWR said.

Scrapped Sleepers are also used to construct side drains in tunnels preventing track ballast from falling into the drains and allows free flow of rain water during the monsoons.

Using of scrapped sleepers and rails is a very cost effective and time saving methodology. This all weather road will allow rain water to seep through during rainy season and also prevent movement of wild animals from entering the track area and ensure safe train movements.

The work has been executed in challenging section in tough weather by team headed by Senior Divisional Engineer(West) Neeraj Bapnas, Hubballi Division under the guidance of Principal Chief Engineer Vipul Kumar and Divisional Railway Manager, Arvind Malkhede, Hubballi. SWR GM A K Singh has lauded this innovative and cost saving effort of his team.

Photos : Sleepers used for side paving on the either side of railway tracks in Braganza ghats.

(Courtesy- Chief PRO, SWR)

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