Metro, monorail sites will get extra barricades

MUMBAI: Metro rail and monorail project sites will be given extra barricades during the monsoon months so as to prevent accidents. MMRDA commissioner, Rahul Asthana, said that the contractors at the stations and other project sites have been given instructions to ensure that areas around the sites are barricaded for safety.
Asthana said they will also have pumps at the sites to ensure that water does not collect in large quantities during the monsoons.MMRDA officials said they will also ensure that debris at all their project sites will be cleared before the monsoons. Mumbai Metro One, which is building the Metro line, said since most of the work has been completed, there are no stagnant pools of water. “We will also put extra pumps to keep the areas from becoming waterlogged,’’ an official said.