Storm water pools in Tiruchy Jn station subway

STORM water pooled in the subway connecting platforms at Tiruchy railway junction on Saturday, forcing many passengers to avoid using it.

- JOSE K JOSEPH

This subway has been facing the situation from 2020 onwards with sources blaming infrastructural renovation work at the station taken up in 2019. The Southern Railway spent roughly over ₹20 crore for the infrastructural upgrade here, but every monsoon the subway gets flooded, exposing poor drainage, they said.

Although the authorities often conduct temporary measures to drain out the water, passengers stressed the need for a permanent solution.