Railways monitor forest fire between Subrahmanya Road and Sakleshpur

Special teams have been formed to monitor and douse forest fires reported between Subrahmanya Road and Sakleshpur on Mangaluru- Bengaluru train route.

A train running between Mangaluru – Vijayapura was stopped at Subrahmanya Road on Saturday for a few minutes after a forest fire was noticed.

Sources said, “In the last three days, six incidents of fire have been reported. Whenever a fire is reported near the track, the movement of the trains is stopped. We have deputed our men to the section to monitor the fire situation. Stationary watchmen have been deputed to all the sensitive areas up to Subrahmanya Road from Sakleshpur.