Rains show bad maintenance of Tambaram Railway Station
Posted on: 12/Jun/2013 11:11:49 AM
The Tambaram railway station has shown consistent signs of disintegration especially when it rains there. Commuters are fed up with the leakage of water. The water pipes that are fitted into the roof over Platforms 1 and 2 let all the rain water drain onto the tracks.
‘When it rains, water pours down from the roof on to the platform, with the intensity of a small waterfall. However, at the northern most part of the platforms, where the roofing and the pipes fitted below were in a perfect condition, the platforms were nearly dry. The tiled flooring adds to the problem by making the platforms slippery. The pipes had been in their current condition since December last year. I don’t understand how it has not come to the attention of Southern Railway authorities for so long. They probably did not expect the summer showers’, said a commuter.
