Highest safety features in Metro: HMRL MD NVS Reddy

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metro Rail, managing director. NVS Reddy stated that each mega city is bigger than many countries in terms of population, skill sets and wealth and that it is absolutely essential to safeguard cities from natural and manmade disasters and rail networks developed to withstand natural calamities are essential.

Giving an overview of the innovative features of Hyderabad Metro, he explained as to how cutting-edge technologies are being made use of for safety in Hyderabad Metro from natural disasters like earthquakes and fire; and man-made disasters like terrorist attacks, bomb blasts, sabotage, release of chemical & biological gases, stampede etc. He advised the delegates to use their technical knowledge, analyse various types of disasters and come up with actionable solutions.

He was speaking at an international symposium on new technologies for urban safety of mega cities at IIIT, Hyderabad on Wednesday. The symposium which is being jointly held by IIIT and University of Tokyo for the next three days is attended by experts and students of different disciplines of engineering & disaster management from several countries. Prof Kimiro Meguro of University of Tokyo also attended. He explained various earthquake proof low cost-houses and other structures that he has developed for earthquake & tsunami prone regions through a ppt presentation. Prof Pradeep Kumar & other senior Professors of IIIT and other universities across the globe participated in the symposium.