Youth jumps in front of running Metro at Girish Park, dies

After a woman along with her child jumped in front of a Metro train on Saturday night, an unidentified youth committed suicide in the same manner at Girish Park Metro Station on Sunday morning. He died on the spot. His body was trapped under the second rake. The railway securities and technical officers had a tough time dragging the body out.

The Metro rail service was disrupted for a while after the incident. The passengers were seen standing in and outside of the Metro rail stations waiting for any announcement by the authority.

Soon after the incident, the Metro railway authority announced the temporary disruption in the service. The announcement was made in each and every Metro station.

The Metro service from Noapara to Park Street was stopped. But the down train service from Maidan to Kavi Subhas Metro station remained operational.

The technicians faced a harrowing time dragging the body out as technical problems generally surfaces after such suicide cases in Metro railways.

It should be recalled that a mother and her son jumped in front of a speeding train at Netaji Bhawan Metro station on Saturday. The mother

died on the spot, but her son was miraculously survived. The injured boy was taken to the hospital. Suicide in Metro tracks has become a common incident.

It was Sunday, when the incident happened at Girish Park. The daily passengers would have faced a tough time if it happened in any week days.

Many such incidents on weekdays and in peak hours disrupt the service. The office goers, traders and school children have been facing such problems for years.

In December last year, Metro service was disrupted when a man committed suicide at Rabindra Sarobar station.

According to reports, a 35-year-old man jumped in front of a Kavi Subhas to Noapara bound train, which was arriving at Rabindra Sarobar station.

Following the incident, Metro service had to be stopped between Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) and Maidan stations.

Metro railway officials said that the man was killed on spot and was stuck underneath the train.

However, office to home bound commuters suffered a lot due to the Metro service disruption in the peck hours. The Metro railway authority was planning to introduce 'suicide prevention mechanism'. But no such constructive development has taken place.

The Kolkata Metro was the first Metro Railway in India, launched for commercial services from 1984. On December 29, 2010, Metro Railway, Kolkata became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways.