India, May 28 -- The ongoing redevelopment of the CSMT next to Platform 18 helped the Central Railway (CR) clear accumulated water on tracks near the Masjid station at a faster rate.

On Monday morning, flood gates at the Yellow Gate pumping station were closed. Another batch of workers cleared 2 cubic meters of garbage equivalent to 40 cement bags. "As a temporary measure, we installed high-end pumps and created a channel for diverting water flow into the CSMT redevelopment site. There is a 25-30 meters deep trench dug for construction of the new station building that was used to pump out water from tracks," said a senior CR official.

In preparation for this monsoon, CR authorities were supposed to gather 1.60 lakh cubic meters of muck,...