Bengaluru: Namma Metro Green Line services disrupted due to technical problem
Passengers struggle for transport on Tuesday morning
Bengaluru: The 'Namma Metro' Green Line services were disrupted between Yeshwantpur and Mantri Square Sampige Road on Tuesday morning, due to technical glitch on the line, with the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) apologizing to the metro passengers for the inconvenience caused.
BMRCL posted on its X account early Tuesday morning, "Namma Metro commuters may kindly note . Train services on Green line will be available between Nagasandra to Yeshwanthpur and Mantri Square - Sampige Road to Silk Institute Metro stations due to a technical snag at Rajajinagar Metro Station . Inconvenience caused is regretted."
Chief Public Relations Officer BL Yashwanth Chavan explained that the 30-km long Green Line services connecting Nagasandra to the Silk Institute were affected as an emergency recovery road-rail vehicle, used to recover damaged trains and to undertake maintenance work, had broken down between the Mahakavi Kuvempu Road and the Rajajinagar stations of Namma Metro. "We are working at removing the vehicle and restoring the train services. At present, however, Namma Metro is carrying out single-line operations with reduced frequency on the affected section," said Chavan, adding that the train services on the other sections of the Green Line as well as the Purple Line, which links Baiyappanahalli to Kengeri and Whitefield to KR Puram, are working as normal.
Many passengers on the Green Line, especially those returning home after a mini-holiday during the weekend, struggled for transport services. The stations on the line, including Yeshwantpur, were heavily crowded due to the disruption of the Metro services. While some of the passengers complained on X about the slow pace of the trains, some others shared their difficulties regarding the rush in the trains whose number was far lower than normal. Many stated that boarding the trains was extremely difficult for the passengers and that others stretches on the Green Line too had been greatly affected by the problem between Yeshwantpur and Mantri Square Sampige Road.
The Namma Metro officials clarified that the BMRCL had deployed additional buses between the Yeshwantpur Metro station and the Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic) following the disruption. The officials have also assured that the services will be resumed shortly.
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Anbumani asks PM Modi to ban sale of cigarettes for those born after 2009
Chennai (PTI): PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take legislative measures to prohibit smoking and the sale of cigarettes to individuals born on or after January 1, 2009, thereby creating a smoke-free generation.
Anbumani, former Union minister for health and family welfare, said, "Once implemented, it (ban on cigarettes) will ensure that future generations are legally prevented from ever accessing tobacco products", he said in a letter to Modi.
"I write to you with a deep sense of urgency and responsibility, drawing your kind attention to a critical public health issue that continues to endanger the lives of millions of Indians, particularly among the younger generation who are affected by cigarette smoking", he claimed.
Stating that India unfortunately bears a disproportionately high burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality, he said, adding that, according to global health estimates, nearly 267 million Indians, approximately one in five citizens, use tobacco.
"Each year, tobacco consumption directly accounts for over 1.35 million deaths, while exposure to second-hand smoke contributes to a total of approximately 2.3 million deaths annually", he said, adding, "these figures are alarming and reflect a public health crisis of immense magnitude".
He pointed out that Scientific evidence unequivocally establishes tobacco use as a leading cause of cancer and numerous non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular ailments, chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD, and multiple forms of malignancies. "In India alone, tobacco is responsible for nearly 40–50 per cent of all cancer cases, with over 4.7 lakh deaths annually attributed to tobacco-induced cancers", he added.
"In this context, I strongly urge the Union government to consider enacting a transformative law similar to that of the United Kingdom, that permanently prohibits the sale and consumption of tobacco products for individuals born on or after a specified year (such as 2009). Such a generational ban would mark a decisive step towards eliminating tobacco use in India over time", he said.
