<p>The railways has extended the screen below the rail overbridge (ROB) at the Sivananda Circle, and has promised to fix other ROBs in the city in the coming days.</p>.<p>On June 29, Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi had set a one-month deadline for officials to take up required measures to ensure that the wastewater from trains passing on the bridge does not splash on the vehicles and riders below it.</p>.<p>Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun raised the matter first raised and requested the railways to take up the repair work on priority.</p>.<p>In a release, the South Western Railway said its Bengaluru Division has recently provided safety screens of the width of 4 metres for the ROB near Sivananda Circle on a trial basis.</p>.<p>“These sheets are normally of the width of 3.2 metres. However, there were instances of water splashing beyond the width of the safety screen,” the release said.</p>
<p>The railways has extended the screen below the rail overbridge (ROB) at the Sivananda Circle, and has promised to fix other ROBs in the city in the coming days.</p>.<p>On June 29, Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi had set a one-month deadline for officials to take up required measures to ensure that the wastewater from trains passing on the bridge does not splash on the vehicles and riders below it.</p>.<p>Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun raised the matter first raised and requested the railways to take up the repair work on priority.</p>.<p>In a release, the South Western Railway said its Bengaluru Division has recently provided safety screens of the width of 4 metres for the ROB near Sivananda Circle on a trial basis.</p>.<p>“These sheets are normally of the width of 3.2 metres. However, there were instances of water splashing beyond the width of the safety screen,” the release said.</p>