Kolkata: Hundreds of passengers had a harrowing time yesterday inside a Kolkata Metro train trapped in a tunnel between Park Street and Maidan stations after a technical snag.
Thousands of commuters were inconvenienced when the services were disrupted after a Dum Dum-bound train developed a snag. The passengers trapped inside the rake later said many of them suffered from breathlessness and fell sick, but the Metro authorities denied the claim.
“We were stranded in the dark for over two hours. There was no power. As the fans didn’t work, we felt suffocated. Some fell sick,” said a passenger on the train, which was not air-conditioned.
“It was a horrible experience. Physically, we felt exhausted and breathless. There were no lights. And there were no timely announcements about how they planned to rescue us,” said another passenger.
Television cameras showed a trapped passenger apparently suffering from suffocation being carried by other passengers to the station. The passengers also alleged that the rescue operation was delayed and hundreds of commuters feared for their life trapped inside the standing train.
IANS
