Train Honking steals Okalipuram residents sleep
For all the residents of Ranka Nest-an apartment complex in Okalipuram- finds the train honking senseless. Hassled residents are planning to write to railway authorities. There is a solution for the untimely loud honking of trains. It is as simple as fencing the track. Railway officials plead helplessness. Railway officials said that a request to solve the issue will work only if a copy is sent to the BBMP Bangalore.
For all the residents who live along railway tracks, honking steals their sleep. “Train drivers hoot as if on a road,” V R Janardhanam, a 80-year-old retired Central government officer and a resident, said. His wife P Lakshmi Devi, who suffered a heart attack recently, finds the honking senseless and also believes that the railways can do something for the troubled residents if they really want to.
“Even earlier, we had resided close to a train track, but the honking wasn’t as bad as it is here. We do not know the cause,” Smita Liesly, a homemaker said.
“Several times, the honking shakes us out of sleep,” Dev Khandelwal, an assistant bank manager, said.
However, a railway official said, “A train driver is supposed to honk in two cases. One, when there is low visibility and second when there is someone on the track. The stretch from Okalipuram to Malleswaram railway station is always full of trespassers. The driver is left with no option but to honk incessantly.”
Residents feel that trespassing cannot be cited as a reason to create such a nuisance.
“Recently, a driver was booked in Cantonment station when a man came under his train even though it was not his fault. If the trespassing is taken care of by a fence, then the issue will be solved,” a senior railway official said.
Senior divisional commercial manager (Bangalore) Y N Babu said, “We have received many representations regarding the honking, but the loco pilots are following the rules. Whether it is day or night, a loco pilot has to honk whenever the engine is coming to a halt, approaching a level crossing, till it is past the level crossing, at curves, while passing bridges and stations. There are more than 60 level crossings in the city. As Bangalore is growing faster, people are constructing houses even near railway tracks. Surely, they are aware of the problems.”
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