Railway Tracks Washed Away, Severely Damaged Amid Assam Floods
Severe flooding in Assam has caused significant damage to railway infrastructure, washing away 800 meters of track in the Tinsukia division. Restoration efforts are underway, but officials estimate that it will take several more weeks before train services can resume.
Why it matters
The disruption of critical transportation infrastructure highlights the vulnerability of regional logistics to extreme weather events caused by climate change.
Infrastructure of Indian Railway was too severely damaged during the current wave of devastating floods, which had created havoc in the eastern Assam districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat.Railway tracks were washed away due to which rail services had been hit in a major way under Tinsukia Railway division of North East Frontier Railway.Two weeks after the floods which hit the tracks on July 19, Railway engineers and workers are struggling hard to restore the devastated Railway tracks under the strict supervision of the higher authorities in Tinsukia Division.We visited one such section where restoration work is currently underway in Sivasagar district whereas railways had deployed man and machines to restore the track as early as possible.On the other hand, repair work is progressing rapidly on the…
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