Section 81 in The Bangalore Metro Railway (General) Rules, 2011
81. Procedure for preventing admission of electric rolling stock into or over sections of track with dead or earthed third rail.
(1)In order to prevent electric rolling stock from being admitted into a track or a crossover for which third rail equipment is made dead or for which a permit-to-work is to be issued, suitable measures shall be enforced to block setting of such routes,(2)The levers or slide or push-buttons of signals and points governing movement of electric rolling stock shall be suitably protected and if the points and signals are locally operated they shall be clamped and pad locked in their normal position and keys shall be kept with the station controller or depot controller as the case may be,(3)These protective measures shall not be withdrawn until the Station Controller or the Depot Controller, as the case may be, receives a message from the Traffic controller and acknowledges the same, and the traffic controller shall not issue such a message unless he has received a message from the Traction Power Controller cancelling Power Block.
