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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
