Driverless Delhi Metro Derails Just A Week Before Inauguration By PM Modi
This metro was expected to be opened for public on December 25 from Botanical Garden to Kalkaji Mandir. It would have helped to reduce the travel time between Noida and south Delhi.
An unmanned, electronic metro train on the magenta line went off the rails on Tuesday and crashed into the wall of the Kalindi Kunj Metro depot.
This metro was expected to be operational on December 25 from Botanical Garden to Kalkaji Mandir. It would have helped to reduce the travel time between Noida and south Delhi. It would have helped to reduce the travel time between Noida and south Delhi.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials confirmed the incident and said that there was no reason for panic. They said that a test was being conducted and the incident happened inside the gated boundary.
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The Metro officials told that they are exploring technical reasons to ascertain the reason for the derailment.
It was granted safety approval by the Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) last month.
Delhi Metro Train crashed into the wall. It happened at Kalindi Kunj depo. PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Botanical Garden on the Kalkaji Mandir stretch (Magenta Line) on December 25. pic.twitter.com/vyozISos01
¡ª Shadab Moizee (@shadabmoizee) December 19, 2017
This is not the first time such incident has happened. Earlier in November 2016, two Delhi Metro trains collided in an accident at the Kalindi Kunj depot. No injuries were reported, however, both the trains suffered damages.
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