Section 44(1) in The Bangalore Metro Railway (General) Rules, 2011
(1)The Station Controller shall control the evacuation from the Station Control Room in the event of evacuation of the station becoming necessary as a result of cessation of train services, risk of fire or any other emergency-(a)all automatic fare collection barriers shall be set to open freely in the exit direction and the station staff deployed to assist in passenger evacuation;(b)information and instruction shall be passed to the public by public address system and where available, visual displays;(c)all inwards escalators shall be stopped and used as fixed stairways in the outwards direction;(d)all ticket sales shall be suspended and the staff used to assist in passenger evacuation; and(e)all station exits shall be opened.
