CHENNAI: About 25 commuters had been stranded in a metro prepare within the underground tunnel between Chennai Central and the Madras Excessive Court docket stations within the early hours of Tuesday. The prepare stopped halfway as the facility provide to the controlling items was reduce off. The commuters had been made to stroll via the tunnel to the Excessive Court docket metro station, a video of which went viral, and had been safely obtained by the station supervisor.The incident occurred within the blue hall of CMRL, connecting Chennai airport with Wimco Nagar, between 5.15 am and 5.45 am. After leaving the Chennai Central underground station, the prepare all of a sudden stopped halfway earlier than reaching the Excessive Court docket station. The prepare operator alerted the operation management room and safely evacuated the passengers as per process. The tunnel lights had been switched on, and the passengers had been counted earlier than being taken to the station. They had been counted once more to make sure that all passengers had been safely out of the tunnel.CMRL officers mentioned that the controlling unit of the metro trains is operated via batteries. “There are two batteries which draw energy from the supply. If one fails, the opposite will work as a backup. However each the batteries didn’t energy up the management items, so the prepare stopped. It’s the first time we encountered such a difficulty,” mentioned an official.The faulty prepare was pulled again to Chennai Central and parked on a siding monitor, because the prepare couldn’t be powered up. “Will probably be shifted to Koyambedu yard tonight for additional investigation,” added the official. CMRL mentioned that ordinary operations resumed at 6.20 am.
