Monorail

Earlier, on September 17, the MMRDA had decided to suspend monorail services to improve the monorail service system and prepare it for future needs

Mumbai's monorail, the only such system in India, has faced repeated glitches, including incidents last month when over 700 passengers had to be rescued by the fire brigade

A monorail train came to an abrupt halt on tracks due to a "technical fault" in Mumbai on Monday morning, following which 17 passengers onboard were rescued, officials said. The incident took place between the Antop Hill Bus Depot and GTBN monorail station in Wadala, they said. The incident was reported at 7.16 am due to some "technical fault," a civic official said as per the information received from the Mumbai police control room. The stranded passengers were rescued after about 45 minutes. All the passengers were safe and shifted to another monorail train, the official said. The Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL ), which is responsible for the operation of the monorail, could not be reached for comments. Last month, during heavy rains, two monorail trains got stuck at different locations in the city, leading to the rescue of hundreds of passengers from them.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has suspended two senior officials for lapses after hundreds of commuters had to be rescued from two stranded Monorail trains in Mumbai a week ago amid heavy rains. The MMRDA, which operates the Monorail services in the metropolis, also initiated a high-level inquiry into the August 19 incident, officials said on Tuesday. As many as 582 passengers were rescued from a Monorail train stuck between Mysore Colony and Bhakti Park by deploying snorkel ladders, as the train could not be towed back. Whereas 200 passengers were evacuated from another Monorail train which was successfully towed back to the nearby Wadala station. Although all the passengers were evacuated, the incident gave rise to several questions about their safety, said officials. The MMRDA has suspended Manish Soni, Chief Engineer (Signal & Telecom), and Rajiv Gite, Manager (Security), following an initial review of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), an

Meanwhile, Maharashtra government has permitted gymnasiums and fitness centres to reopen in the state from Dusshera from October 25, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's Secretariat said on Saturday

Last year, MMRDA had floated a global tender to design, manufacture and supply 10 rakes

The 1st phase of the monorail between Chembur-Wadala opened on February 2, 2014