The Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project has had a major accident just 10 days after its launch as a high-speed container-carrying trailer-truck lost control on the road and crashed into a height gantry under the OLMT track near Baghbanpura, Lahore. The impact of the collision toppled the gantry onto the pavement.
باغبانپورہ کے قریب اورنج لائن کا ایک پلر زمین پر گر گیا#Lahore #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/EcPpS4z8f7
— Yusra Askari (@YusraSAskari) November 4, 2020
As evident in the video, the incident took place in the middle of the night, and 2 parked cars were crushed under the gantry. The truck driver and the passenger sustained a few injuries, and no other casualties were reported.
Onlookers reported that the accident occurred due to the extraordinary height of the heavy load-carrying truck. Furthermore, an OLMT representative informed the media that the height-gantries had been erected to guard the underlying cables which are integral to the daily operations of the project.
The service was launched on October 25, 2020, and 22 trains currently traverse the tracks daily. The 45-minute one-way route is 27 km long and connects Ali Town and Dera Gujran. The route has 19 stations and the working hours of the service are from 7:30 AM to 8:30 PM.
Thank you Shehbaz Sharif for this low quality of work. Qabaristanon hospitals waghaira ke paisay kha kha ke ye project banaya hai. Ab aahein lagein gi roohon aur patients ki poora project khatray mein hai.
Sub se pehlay Sindhi saeen Pir Altaf Baba se damm karwao pooray project pe.
Your analysis skills are not good at all. Instead of potraying it like bad quality of work done. Focus on what actually went down. Cars were not parked rather were moving. These bars are in place to stop container like the one in the picture. This container is responsible for hitting the bar causing all the damage.
true.