Title - DMRC guidelines after tunnel chaos

DMRC managing director Mangu Singh on Friday issued guidelines on evacuation of passengers from trains during emergency situations after the committee appointed to look into the reasons for the June 11 incident submitted its preliminary inquiry report.
The guideline include ensuring a secondary power backup system, lighting and ventilation inside trains and tunnels during emergencies and evacuation of passengers if the problem cannot be resolved within 10 minutes.On June 11, an eight-coach train on Yellow Line had got stuck in the tunnel trapping around 1,791 passengers.The DMRC had appointed a three-member internal inquiry committee, comprising executive director (rolling stock), executive director (safety) and general manager (operations).“Such a failure has happened for the first time and the same is being investigated by a team of engineers from DMRC and the manufacturer to avoid recurrence of such incident,” said executive director, corporate communications, Anuj Dayal.As per the report, the emergency brakes of train were applied following a problem in the software of the communication system.The DMRC chief has said that arrangements for proper lighting and ventilation inside the coaches must be ensured within 10 minutes in case of similar incidents in future.He has also instructed DMRC operational managers to start evacuation of passengers if the problem is not resolved within 10 minutes.The DMRC will spread awareness about the procedures to be adopted during such emergency situations.