The Ministry of Urban Development has sought a report from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) pertaining to the technical snag that led to chaos on the Gurgaon-Jahangirpuri Yellow line on Tuesday.
Commuters faced a harrowing time during the morning peak hour on Tuesday as metro services on the line was disrupted for nearly two hours. The disruption occurred around 9.24 am when a train from Central Secretariat going towards Udyog Bhawan developed a fault and was stranded between the two stations. An enquiry committee has been formed to look after the cause of the technical snag.
Top officials of the Ministry of Urban Development confirmed that they have sought a report from the DMRC regarding the incident and are awaiting their response. A senior official of Ministry of Urban Development confirmed that such massive technical snag which resulted in delay for around one and half hours happened only in 2011 and this is the second time such a technical snag took place.
Meanwhile the DMRC officials said that it will require around 10-15 days to submit their internal enquiry report. The senior officials of the DMRC are reviewing the cause of the accident. Preliminary indication revealed that an emergency break was being pulled automatically which resulted in such snag, and officials are looking after whether there was any break failure in the train that resulted in such disruption.