THANE: A 20-year-old man caused inconvenience to lakhs of commuters after he climbed one of the overhead wire masts near Thane station, forcing authorities to shut power supply for nearly half an hour and bringing evening peak hour services to a halt on the slow corridor of the Central Railway. The incident was reported at 4.50pm. As the man was perched on a crucial pole that supplied current to both the slow lines, the authorities decided to switch off the power. The Thane fire brigade finally managed to bring the man down. A CR official said, "Around 20 services were cancelled because of this incident." Trains were running late by 25-30 minutes. The rescued man, identified as Mangal Yadav, has told officials he is from Jharkhand and claimed he was being chased by someone.Activists have questioned the ability of authorities to take prompt action during such emergencies. Both the agencies said the matter would be probed. Let’s block ads! (Why?) […]THANE: A 20-year-old man caused inconvenience to lakhs of commuters after he climbed one of the overhead wire masts near Thane station, forcing authorities to shut power supply for nearly half an hour and bringing evening peak hour services to a halt on the slow corridor of the Central Railway.
The incident was reported at 4.50pm. As the man was perched on a crucial pole that supplied current to both the slow lines, the authorities decided to switch off the power. The Thane fire brigade finally managed to bring the man down. A CR official said, “Around 20 services were cancelled because of this incident.” Trains were running late by 25-30 minutes.
The rescued man, identified as Mangal Yadav, has told officials he is from Jharkhand and claimed he was being chased by someone.Activists have questioned the ability of authorities to take prompt action during such emergencies. Both the agencies said the matter would be probed.
THANE: A 20-year-old man caused inconvenience to lakhs of commuters after he climbed one of the overhead wire masts near Thane station, forcing authorities to shut power supply for nearly half an hour and bringing evening peak hour services to a halt on the slow corridor of the Central Railway. The incident was reported at 4.50pm. As the man was perched on a crucial pole that supplied current to both the slow lines, the authorities decided to switch off the power. The Thane fire brigade finally managed to bring the man down. A CR official said, "Around 20 services were cancelled because of this incident." Trains were running late by 25-30 minutes. The rescued man, identified as Mangal Yadav, has told officials he is from Jharkhand and claimed he was being chased by someone.Activists have questioned the ability of authorities to take prompt action during such emergencies. Both the agencies said the matter would be probed. Let’s block ads! (Why?) […]
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