The 'agriculture farms' along tracks on Central Railway, the Harbour Line and Western Railway are using "gutter" (sewage) water for growing radish, ladies finger, spinach, cauliflower and other leafy vegetables.The water has high levels of lead, arsenic, copper and other metals . In the chemical analysis report done by One of the PIL petitioners , a tested radish contained an arsenic concentration of 0.51 parts per million (ppm), while the maximum permissible limit should only be 0.43 ppm as per World Health Organisation (WHO) standards. The radish also had 112 ppm of zinc, the maximum limit of which is 50 ppm. Other leafy vegetables tested also contained a high density of chromium, cobalt, zinc and copper. Tennis player Leander Paes had battled neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection, which almost cut short his tennis career in 2003. He said in a television interview after recovery that consumption of unhygienic vegetables, especially those grown near railway tracks, was perhaps the main culprit. - Source (Times of India)

Even after repeated complaints to BMC , Railways from MLA's from mumbai region still no action has been taken to stop the Vegetable Farming.

I urge the Indian Railways to look in the matter and give priority to the hygienic way of vegetable farming along the tracks.