Guardian min reviews monsoon work in city | Mumbai News – Times of India

Mumbai: Mumbai guardian Minister Ashish Shelar on Saturday chaired a joint coordination meeting at the Western Railway headquarters at Churchgate. It was attended by senior officials from both Central and Western Railways, BMC, Mumbai Police, Railway Police, MHADA, SRA, and other key departments. He took stock of the drain-cleaning and monsoon preparedness measures carried out across railway limits.After the meeting, Shelar travelled by a suburban local train and conducted site visits at Masjid, Sandhurst Road, and Byculla, moving onto the tracks to check nullah cleaning. He also inspected pumping systems installed at Sion station and other key points like Kurla, Vikhroli, Bhandup, and Kanjurmarg.“Out of 812 culverts on the Central Railway, cleaning was completed for 750. The remaining culverts must be cleared at the earliest. Of the 637 dangerous trees along the railway lines, trimming was carried out for 550 trees; remaining branches must be pruned without delay,” Shelar told media persons.BMC declared 24 buildings in the Masjid-Sandhurst Road railway jurisdiction as dangerous.