Late running of trains: State HR Commission summons DRM
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Thiruvananthapuram: In the light of widespread complaints about late running of trains in the state and the inconvenience caused by it to the commuting public, the Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Thiruvananthapuram, to appear before it on October 4 and give explanation for the unscientific timing of trains that is causing hardships to daily passengers.
SHRC Member K. Mohan Kumar, acting on a complaint filed by D. Sajeev of Munro Thuruthu, has also asked the General Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai, to submit a report to the commission on the late running of the trains.
The Commission asked the Divisional Railway Manager to appear before the commission at its sitting in Kollam on October 4.
The petitioner submitted before the SHRC that several popular trains are running late and reaching Thiruvananthapuram behind schedule.
The trains are taking 2 hours and 35 minutes while the running time from Kollam to Thiruvananthapuram Central is 1 hour and 10 minutes only. Office-going commuters are forced to take leave and students are missing classes on account of such delayed services.
Railways have fixed the timings taking into account the time needed for late running, it was pointed out.
The petitioner has also stated before the commission that the passenger train that leaves Kollam at 7.45 a.m. reaches the capital at 9.25 a.m. while the Malabar Express that leaves Kollam at 7.05 a.m. reaches Thiruvananthapuram Central at 9. 45 a.m.