In the past, there have been many instances of rainwater seeping through the stations.
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In what was a major scare for some passengers of the Namma Metro in Bengaluru, a false ceiling fell off at the National College Metro Station in Bengaluru on Monday evening. The issue came to light as a CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media platforms by Wednesday. The video shows part of the false ceiling coming down while three women were trying to make their way through the automatic fare collection gates towards the platform. As part of that, a fallen brick has damaged part of the gate as well. Fortunately, no one was injured in the mishap. “One of the bricks in the 70cm-high wall constructed between the platform deck and track bed got loosened and fell on the false ceiling. The track side has plastering while the platform side doesn’t have it due to less access. Therefore, the brick got loose and collapsed due to vibration caused by train movement,” Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director Ajay Seth (IAS) told The Times of India. “The wall is not part of any structural part and hence there is no issue regarding safety to the structure. To prevent such occurrence in the future, the un-plastered side has been covered by mild steel sheet permanently. Other stations are also being checked for preventive measures,” he added. However, this is not the only such incident that has come to light off late with he city’s metro. While there were defects in the overhead rail bridge near Trinity Circle in 2018-end due to a honeycomb formation, there have been multiple instances of rainwater seeping through to underground stations. In one of the most recent such incidents, officials at the Byappanahalli Metro Station had to keep buckets in place to collect the rainwater seeping through the roof.
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