Difficulties were met by keeping permanent way and maintenance staff on duty and organising mobile squads to move as required to trouble spots.

I saw a girl swiftly climbing a tree to pluck kafals. Three women standing beneath were gathering fruits in baskets made of bamboo.

Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.

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