The city’s newest mode of transport is not as secure as it seems to be. While the Monorail opened to the public with much fanfare on February 2, the train passes over sensitive areas, such as oil filling stations and petrol pumps.

Oil’s not well: Tankers parked under the Monorail corridor near Mysore Colony station. Pic/Suresh KK

MiD DAY took a ride on the Monorail between Wadala and Chembur and observed that a long row of oil tankers are parked just under the tracks near the Mysore Colony station, raising serious questions about how secure the trains moving above are.