Metro Railways – Study visit of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment & Implementation of Good Governance.

Mr. P. C. Mohan, Chairperson along with other members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment held a meeting with Mr. P Uday Kumar Reddy, General Manager of Metro Railway, Mr. Milind K Deouskar, General Manager, Eastern Railway, and Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra General Manager, South Eastern Railway and other senior Railway officers in Kolkata on 31.05.2025.

Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Devi, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Murari Lal Meena, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Bhojraj Nag, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Narayana Koragappa, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Mrs. Mamata Thakur, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Mr. Niranjan Bishi, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Mr. Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Chintamani Maharaj,  Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Godam Nagesh, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Gajendra Singh Patel, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Rajkumar Roat, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Adv. Priya Saroj, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mr. Anoop Pradhan Valmiki, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mrs. Sumitra Balmik, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Mrs. Phulo Devi Netam, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Mr. Ramji, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha),Mrs. Mitali Bag, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha),Mr. Rameswar Teli, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), were also present in the meeting.

The honourable Members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment reviewed the implementation of measures taken under Accessible India Campaign (AIC) Scheme in Metro Railway. They also gave their valuable suggestions and advises for further improvement in this regard, to ensure easy accessibility of Metro services for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). Members of the Committee have also expressed their willingness to support Metro’s efforts for ensuring more convenience for Divyangjans.

Mr. Reddy briefed the Chairperson & members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment about various initiatives taken by Metro Railway Authorities to augment amenities. He also assured that all suggestions received from Hon’ble members will be adequately looked into and necessary course of action will be taken accordingly.

Mr. P Uday Kumar Reddy, General Manager, Metro Railway also felicitated the members of the Standing Committee at the beginning of the meeting. Officers of Lok Sabha Secretariat, Principal Heads of the Departments Metro Railway, Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway and other officers were present in the meeting.

Metro authorities strives relentlessly in ensuring safety and security of its commuters. Metro personnel stationed at Central Control as well as stations also monitor movement of passengers at the station area as well as on the platforms through CCTV surveillance system. During such vigilance it has been observed that commuters tend to lean from the platforms – breaching the safety benchmarking protocols. Commuters are regularly requested through Public Address System of the station not to cross the yellow line at the edge of the platform before arrival of the train. But it has been found that a section of the commuters unnecessarily crossing the yellow line when there is no train at the station in spite of repeated requests.

In order to curb this tendency, Metro Railway authorities have now decided to launch a special drive against the erring commuters. Unnecessarily crossing the yellow line will be considered as a nuisance activity in the Metro station premises and will attract a penalty of Rs. 250/- from 01.06.2025 (Sunday).

Initiatives have been taken to make Metro commuters aware about this through announcements, displaying posters at the stations as well as counselling them requesting to refrain from such activity.

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