Bolarum railway amenities woefully inadequate

Bolarum: The apathy of Railway officials is causing lot of inconvenience to the passengers at the Bolarum Railway Station. There is no sitting facility due to which the passengers are forced to stand or sit on floor till the train arrives. It is a great pain for the aged and disabled persons.

There is no proper shed at platform nos. two and three due to which the commuters have to bear the brunt of hot sun and rains during monsoon. Above all there is no safe drinking water facility.

The station has three platforms, four railway tracks and handles 10 local trains and nine Express Train services per day. Around 300 passengers avail the services daily.

For an Express Train with a large number of coaches, the platform should have sufficient no. of entry/exit gates for the convenience of passengers. However, there is only one main entrance gate at Bolarum Station. Due to the absence of any other exit or entry points, it takes 15 minutes to reach the main entrance for passengers coming from end of platforms.

"The station is not cleaned and there is sewage overflow from nearby gated communities to the platform no 3," says Mohan, a commuter. The rail commuters are forced to stand under the open sky and are getting drenched during rains," he added.

"Due to lack of proper sitting facility, especially the senior citizens are forced to sit on the floor," said Murali Krishna, Executive Committee member, Federation of New Bolarum Colonies (FNBC). He informed that FNBC has submitted many written complaints to railway officials but no action has been initiated.