C Shivakumar
Chennai:
If you stay more than 20 minutes in platform of metro station without
boarding a train, you are liable to be penalised.
Chennai Metro Rail officials said that the smart card won’t work when
you try to enter into the station and the ticket checking official
could easily find out that you have overstayed. And this could result
in the commuter having to pay the penalty even if he hasn’t used the
service.
Interestingly, Chennai Metro has not intimated the users about it and
a official promised that notices would be put out on the station so
that commuters are aware of the consequences of waiting too long in
the platform.
Meanwhile, Chennai Metro Rail officials are planning to set up kiosks
at the entrance of the station. “We will also be setting up ATMs,”
said the official.
Currently, some of the stations have two ATMs and this could function
with the availability of network. Meanwhile, the metro stations will
soon be having kiosks providing food, sweets, bakery items and
confectioneries, stationary gifts, mobiles and accessories and
bookstores.
A Metro Rail official said that tenders have been floated in this
regard. It is learnt that Koyambedu, Alandhur, Arumbakkam and
Vadapalani stations would have food court and beverages kiosks. A total
of 99 square metres have been marked in these four stations for this
purpose, Metro Rail sources said.
Similarly, sweets, bakery items and confectioneries, stationary gifts,
mobiles and accessories and bookstores kiosks would be set up in all
the seven stations.
However, the biggest problem is lack of multi-modal integration. The
proposed mini-buses are nowhere to be seen. And people from far-off
places like Chinmaya Nagar, Valsaravakkam, Anna Nagar or residential
areas in Vadapalani find it difficult to access Chennai Metro.
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