The Western Railways has identified 11,517 encroachments on their land that include 6,209 encroachers along the Churchgate-Virar stretch and the remaining 5,308 inside the Railway Colonies.
For once, the Indian Railways went against the political pressure and demolished encroachments along the rail lines which otherwise form vote banks for political parties. For instance, the Western Railway removed a massive 1,642 encroachments in the last two years after carrying out 94 demolition drives on both sides of the rail tracks and rail land.
Source – Free Press Journal
