Summary
- Track maintainer Pradeep Shetty averted a potential disaster on the Konkan Railway route near Udupi by detecting a track weld failure
- Shetty’s quick action led to the defect being fixed and trains being operated with a speed restriction
- Chairman and Managing Director of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited awarded Shetty with a cash prize of ₹25,000 for his vigilance
- Train services resumed after the track was certified safe, but the cause of the track defect remains undisclosed by officials
