India, May 31 -- The Central and Western Railways removed 280,000 cubic metres of silt and muck as part of pre-monsoon works that were due for completion by May 31. On the heels of the May 26 rains that inundated the city, the railways and MMRDA authorities said that they have undertaken various measures to tackle the monsoon.

The Central Railway authorities have identified vulnerable spots such as Mukhyadhyapak nallah in Matunga-Sion, Godrej nallah in Vikhroli, Karve Nagar nallah in Kanjurmarg, Kurla, Thane, Badlapur-Vangani, Vasai, Virar, Bandra-Mahim. The engineers have augmented the drainage capacity by widening the drains using the micro-tunneling method and also constructed new drains wherever required. High-power pumps have been d...