Smoke in Metro coach at Shadipur

NEW DELHI: Smoke was reported from a Metro rail coach on Tuesday at Shadipur Metro station leading to immediate evacuation of the passengers. Senior officers from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) said none of the passengers was injured. However, train operations were affected for a brief time.

CISF officers said passengers in the second coach of a train moving towards Noida saw smoke emanating from the air conditioner at 3.28pm. They alerted the driver of the train.

“The moment train entered the next station, Shadipur, a CISF team was rushed to the platform and all the passengers were asked to deboard the train,” said a senior CISF officer.

The officer said that there was no fire and the train was sent to Yamuna Bank depot.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, however, denied fire in a train coach. “There was no fire. Some problem was reported with the AC of one of the coaches. It was withdrawn without impacting mainline services,” a Metro spokesperson said. NEWDELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to prepare a road map for recording the quantity and nature of electronic waste (e-waste) in the national Capital.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed that the action plan should be submitted within two months after a report by Sunita Narain, head of Centre for Science and Environment, stating that there was no inventorisation of the e-waste in the city.