Shanties have grown up perilously close to the suburban tracks at several stretches leading to imposition of speed restrictions and consequent reduction in line capacity & the number of trains in the section and increase in overcrowding in the trains. This must not have been allowed to happen in the interest of safety of Rly passengers and those who reside in these shanties as well as in the interest of nation/IRlys. These residents defecate on the Railway tracks leading to corrosion and weakening of Rails and fittings thereby inviting accidents to happen. The track maintenance staff and the bonafide passengers have to bear the foul smell for no fault of theirs. Maintenance activity definitely suffer in such sections. There is no hope of improvement in this regard, thanks to the current political scenario were IRlys may be finding it more difficult to get its own land cleared of encroachments,...
more... rather than than acquiring land from the legitimate owner.