Tugade: Identify, charge passengers who disrupt MRT-3 ops

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / REYMOND T. OREJAS

Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade ordered on Sunday the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) management to file charges against people who disrupt train service due to door failure.

The order came after a southbound train of the MRT-3 offloaded a thousand of passengers at Santolan-Annapolis Station on Friday.

Tugade directed MRT-3 officials to identify the passenger who caused the unloading incident – the first for April after the Holy Week maintenance operations.

“For the last 11 days, there was no unloading, it was smooth. Today, we have the first unloading. Do you know the cause? There was someone who put pressure on the door. Pinilit na pumasok habang sarado na. It’s not about parts, it’s about this passenger. My instruction, identify this person,” Tugade said in a statement.

“From now on, lahat ng mahuhuling sumasandal o nagpipilit magbukas ng pinto ng tren kahit sarado na, kasuhan! I told MRT to file cases and collect damages from them. Maraming naaabala dahil sa kawalan ng disiplina,” he added.

Tugade instructed security personnel in MRT-3 stations to closely watch passengers.

He also said more CCTVs would be installed in all stations “to augment visibility and identify issues and violators.” /cbb

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