In the first of its kind incident since the start of its services Hyderabad Metro trains came to a grinding halt due to a technical snag and its services remained suspended for more than two hours on Miyapur-Ameerpet route.
Later service from Balangar to LB Nagar was resumed, five stations towards Miyapur were closed in busy morning hours causing a lot of hardship to the office goers. For regular commuters of 10-month-old Hyderabad Metro this was an unusual experience and it was first time that technical snag had brought service to a halt.
NVS Reddy, managing director, Hyderabad Metro said that the officials launched the repair work on a war footing and restored the power supply in the afternoon and the services were restored on the entire corridor I from Miyapur to LB Nagar.
However during the disruption the five closed station between Balanagar and Miyapur were flooded with the passengers and Metro staff had a difficult time explaining to them why the services were not running.
“During the disruption services continued as usual on one line and people travelled normally from L B Nagar to Miyapur. The problem was only one line which was later resolved. This is nothing unusual and services are now fully restored”, he said.
An estimated 200,000 people commute by Metro on two corridors every day.