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Bangalore Metro Railways backlogs with major Technicality Issues

No Comments Sub Category:Awareness,Municipality Posted On: Oct 10, 2011

The commuters in Bangalore city are planning to board on Bangalore Metro Rail (BMR) which is expected to start from October 20, however the passengers are warned about lack of platform screen doors. The commuters have to be careful and stay away from the edges of the platform in BMR to prevent tragedy. The Commissioner for Railway Safety (CRS) reported saying that since Bangalore Metro does not have platform screen doors henceforth the passengers are awakened to take proper safety precautions to avoid loss of life.

Dinesh Kumar Singh the commissioner of railway safety reported saying that there are many such Metro services running without platform screens, so the commuters are instructed by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) to take extra precautions by making regular announcements taking this in terms of an additional safety feature. One of the official reported saying that they have saved 109 people on the track and now also are planning to put up platform screen doors in every station spending nearly Rs 12 crore. However the CCTV cameras have been installed to prevent these kind of tragedies.

Source: The Times of India

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