Metro commuters had a tough time on Monday due to a snag in the overhead electrification on the Blue Line for three hours.
“The problem detected at 1.11 pm was rectified by 3.12 pm. Due to the fault, services had to be run on single line between Kirti Nagar and Patel Nagar resulting in delayed running of trains on the corridor by eight to 10 minutes,” said a Delhi Metro official.
“In urban mass rapid Metro operations, overhead electric supply poles are located at a distance of 40 metres with two insulators on each OHE mast. The electrical engineers had to locate the faulty insulator amongst 200 such insulators. Once it was located, the insulator was replaced within 12 minutes. Three repair teams were rushed to the spot from the Yamuna Bank, Mundka and Najafgarh depots.”
Regular announcements were made at all stations and in trains about the delay due to technical problem, said the Metro official. However, services on all other corridors were normal.
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Police seeks death penalty for Shahzad
New Delhi, July 29: The Delhi police on Monday sought death penalty for the lone suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmed convicted in the 2008 Batla House encounter for killing police officer M.C. Sharma and injuring two cops.
After hearing arguments, additional sessions judge Rajender Kumar Shastri reserved for Tuesday his verdict on the quantum of sentence. Special public prosecutor Satwinder Kaur sought death penalty for Shahzad saying there are no mitigating circumstances in this case. — PTI