In less than month, Tejas Express has stinking loos, broken windows

Chennai | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

Summary:

On the Tejas, passengers have to push a button to move the blinds, but they complain that the mechanism malfunctions often.The infotainment system was supposed to be one of the USPs of the Tejas Express, but passengers complain that 15%-20% of the TV screens are defective. The train starts from Chennai at 6am, reaches Madurai at 12:30pm and returns to Chennai from Madurai at 9:30pm. We are already working on the issue,” an official said.A senior railway official said there were issues with the bio-toilets installation as well and that the contractor was likely to be pulled up. At least 10 instances of stone pelting has been recorded and many of the cracked windows have not been repaired. “The glass is expensive, each pane costs around Rs 10,000-Rs 15,000,” said an official.There’s another problem with the windows..