A monorail prepare got here to an abrupt halt on tracks as a result of a “technical fault” in Mumbai on Monday morning, following which 17 passengers onboard had been rescued, officers stated, PTI reported.
Nonetheless, the monorail has resumed its journey after the difficulty was resolved.
The incident came about between the Antop Hill Bus Depot and GTBN monorail station in Wadala, PTI reported citing officers.
The incident was reported at 7.16 am as a result of some “technical fault,” a civic official stated, as per the data acquired from the Mumbai police management room.
The stranded passengers had been rescued roughly 45 minutes after the incident, with all of them safely transferred to a different monorail prepare, an official confirmed.
Makes an attempt to achieve the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Company Restricted (MMMOCL), which operates the monorail service, had been unsuccessful.
This marks the second such incident in current weeks — final month, throughout heavy rainfall, two monorail trains had been stranded at separate places throughout the town, ensuing within the rescue of a whole bunch of passengers.
Mumbai braces for extra rainfall
In accordance with IMD Mumbai, intense to very intense spells of rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph are prone to proceed in Mumbai and adjoining districts of Thane and Raigad.
The downpour disrupted site visitors motion in a number of areas. The Mumbai Visitors Police, within the early hours of Monday, introduced the closure of site visitors at Andheri Subway as a result of one to one-and-a-half toes of collected rainwater.
“As a consequence of one to one-and-a-half toes of rainwater accumulating at Andheri Subway (Andheri West), site visitors there was closed, and the site visitors has been diverted by way of Gokhale Bridge,” the Mumbai Visitors Police posted on X.
(With inputs from companies)
