Phase-1 to get back on track next week

Mumbai: The monorail phase-1 will resume operations next week. The services were halted temporarily after the fire on November 9. After the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) receives the main probe report from Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) regarding the fire in which two monorail coaches were gutted, it will lay out the recommendations for the contractor. This may take another eight days, confirmed UPS Madan, Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA.

The services on Chembur-Wadala corridor (Phase 1) had been called off since November 9, and the authorities were waiting for probe report to re-start the services. On Monday, the authorities received an interim report.