Water pipe leak inside underground tunnel stalls Metro services on the Blue Line for an hour

A leaking water pipe inside the underground tunnel disrupted Metro services on the Blue Line for close to an hour on Tuesday.

Train services were suspended between Central and Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) from 3.19pm to 4pm, the Metro spokesperson said.

In the intervening period, truncated services were run between Dakshineswar and Central in the north and between Mahanayak Uttam Kumar and Shahid Khudiram (Briji) in the south. Normal services resumed at 4pm.