Commuters elevate concern over flooding in railway station subways in west part

Commuters utilizing the western part of the suburban railway have a troublesome time accessing just a few railway stations  as rain inundates the subways. 

Southern Railway constructed the subways with the goal of offering commuters with a secure option to cross the tracks in addition to to entry a number of railway stations together with Vyasarpadi Jeeva, Perambur, Perambur Loco Works, Annanur, and Tiruvallur. However, some stations, corresponding to Vyasarpadi Jeeva, Perambur Loco Works, and Annanur, the subways have leaks, which results in rainwater flooding them and making them unusable.

Raghukumar Choodamani, convenor of the Perambur Neighbourhood Development Forum, stated the subway on the Perambur Loco Works railway station was constructed just a few years in the past however bought flooded even throughout gentle rain. He alleged that the subway was shut for a number of months to hold out repairs after complaints have been despatched to the authorities, however was reopened with out being restored correctly. Commuters complained that in the course of the latest rain, which lashed the town in the course of the previous week, the subway as soon as once more bought flooded.

Commuters stated the subways on the Vyasarpadi Jeeva and Annanur railway stations have been inundated each northeast monsoon.

Consumer activist T. Sadagopan stated the Annanur railway station subway, which was constructed to permit commuters to cross the railway tracks safely, had been flooded for greater than a month.

He added that numerous school college students had been put to hardship as they needed to climb the railings put in within the subway to cross it and attain the railway station in Annanur.

A senior official of the Chennai division of Southern Railway stated steps had been taken to pump out the stagnant water within the subway on the Perambur Loco Works railway station.