Vasind

Vasind is a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is connected to the Central Railways by its Vasind railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway system on the Central line between Kalyan Junction and Kasara.However the facts remain there that the local administration is not aware of the problems of road users. It is well known fact that after Level Crossing (LC) Gate No. 62 was closed by railways long back without providing alternate access the general public is facing day-to-day problems due to non-accessibility from one side to the other of the Central Railway Line passing through the town.Due to closure of LC No. 62 by railways, MDR-45, ODR-181 which connected to the important roads like NH-3 and NH-222 were rendered useless. The population of Vasind town and other surrounding villages counts around 1,00,000 and they are not only accessible to NH-3 & NH-222 but they are also not able to avail local amenities like, markets, hospitals, schools, banks, Post Offices, Cooking Gas, Petrol Pump, Panchayat, Tahasil and District Headquarters Offices. In order to address the issue of water logging of the existing RUB, Central Railways has recently provided sump & pump arrangement to bail out water from RUB. The people are thankful to the railways for this kind of act but this arrangement is not purposeful when large amount of water, say almost mounting water up to the level of top of the RUB in the rainy season. In these circumstances the people remain helpless even in the medical and fire emergencies. This matter has been taken up by the National Human Rights Commission of India with Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Central Railway, Mumbai and the District Collector of Thane District but it seems that the authorities are not paying much attention in the proportion of the public problems in this triable populated area.