MMRDA suspends 2 senior officials over lapses week after monorail disruptions
To investigate the incident further, an inquiry committee has been set up under the chairmanship of Additional Metropolitan Commissioner Vikram Kumar
On August 19, a monorail, carrying 582 passengers, stalled between Mysore Colony and Bhakti Park stations at 6.38 pm following a power supply issue (Express Photo) A week after two monorail trains broke down in Mumbai amid heavy rain, leaving nearly 800 passengers stranded, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Tuesday suspended two senior officials for lapses in handling the incident.
The suspension follows a review by Metropolitan Commissioner Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, who examined the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) followed during the disruption.
The officials suspended are Manish Soni, Chief Engineer (Signal & Telecom), Monorail, and Rajiv Gite, Manager, Security.
To investigate the incident further, an inquiry committee has been set up under the chairmanship of Additional Metropolitan Commissioner Vikram Kumar.
The panel also includes Prof Himanshu Bahirat of IIT Bombay, Geetha Pillai, Chief Transport Planner of CIDCO and Astik Pandey, Joint Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA. The committee will probe the causes of the failure and recommend corrective steps.
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