4 months ago
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Travelling by the overcrowded Mettupalayam -Coimbatore MEMU Express continues to beryllium a nightmare for the passengers, peculiarly for women.
Though a compartment has been reserved for women successful the train, it has not been capable to accommodate the ever-increasing crowd.
The passengers similar to question by the bid successful the highest hours due to the fact that of the dense vehicular postulation on the Coimbatore Road that gets aggravated astatine Sai Baba Colony successful presumption of the flyover works successful progress, according to the passengers who accidental they are forced to question connected footboard erstwhile the compartment gets overcrowded.
The Periyanaickenpalayam Train Passengers’ Association suggested utilisation of the Pollachi-Coimbatore rider bid (operated with Semmozhi Express bid coaches) for operating a greeting work to Mettupalayam. However, the petition is yet to beryllium considered by the Railways, it is learnt.
The tendency of the passengers is that the bid service, if operated from Mettupalayam astatine 9.30 a.m., would easiness the assemblage to a important extent.
The Coimbatore-Mettupalayam MEMU explicit departs astatine 8.20 americium each time with immense loads of passengers occupying adjacent the steps.
Coordinator of Namma Mettupalayam Social Welfare Organisation M. Jai Kumar urged the Railways to fulfil the semipermanent request of passengers for operating MEMU work with 12 compartments.
