The elevated and lower-level Sandhurst Road station faces a peculiar problem of garbage being dumped across the tracks by people living in surrounding buildings. This not only makes the rail tracks filthy and difficult to maintain, but could also pose a problem in the monsoon. In a unique initiative, the station staff at Sandhurst Road, along with the local BMC ward office teams, recently revived their campaign against this by making door-to-door visits and requesting residents to stop dumping garbage on the tracks. Not only does the garbage affect train operations, it also spreads diseases.

The Sandhurst Road station in the west is lined with Bombay Improvement Trust buildings dating back to the 1920s. “It is an age-old problem with the station and such campaigns at the ground level have always helped. We went around with megaphones and appealed to residents to desist from throwing anything on the tracks. Repeat offenders will be issued notices by the BMC and fined. We do this every year,” Sandhurst Road Station Manager Vinayak Shewale said.