At Shopprix Mall in Meerut, on Thursday evening, a sudden burst of pipeline of the chiller line led to waterlogging in the basement minus three for about three feet. The mall staff cut off the power of the entire mall fearing a major accident. All three multiplexes, Hotel Country Inn and Hotel Hyphen were plunged into darkness. People got stuck in the elevator of the mall. The escalators also stopped. In panic, indignant people started running out of the mall. Somehow people were evacuated with the help of battery backup.
In the evening the mall was bustling and thousands of people were shopping. The film was running in all three multiplexes. In Hotel Country Inn, a family from Gwalior had booked 55 rooms for the wedding ceremony to be held in Meerut. When the power of the entire mall suddenly went out at 4.30 pm, people got scared. In the dark, an attempt was made to light some lights with the help of UPS. Till 9 pm, arrangements for generators could not be made by the hotel and mall management to extract water. Hotel Country Inn and Hotel Hyphen were also evacuated. Due to waterlogging of three feet in the basement, the cars parked there were also flooded.
Mall manager Shiva told that the technical team has started the maintenance work. The LT line is being dried with the help of heater etc. Efforts are also being made to drain the water from the basement.
All shows in multiplexes closed
After the fault, all the shows of the multiplexes were closed after 9 o’clock in the night. People watching the movie inside were taken out with the help of UPS backup. Sanjeev, manager of Wave Cinema, said that people were pulled out of the stairs due to the closure of the lift.
People were sitting at the dinner table, suddenly stampede
During the fault in the mall, a large number of people were present in various restaurants including Pizza Shop, Burger Shop. When a fault occurs, all electrical appliances are turned off. In such a situation, orders of 250 people were stopped. People who came to the mall to eat pizza had to return disappointed. In such a situation, the money given in advance was returned.
Customers hurried out of the shopping store
Shoprix Mall has stores like Big Bazaar in the basement on three floors, Shoppers Start, Pantaloons, Reliance Range in the first floor and Pantaloons on the second floor and Pantaloons on the first floor. It was dark in the mall during the fault. In such a situation, people who came for shopping waited for some time in the mall for the light, but came out of the mall when the light did not come on. In such a situation, there was also a problem in payment at the cash counter.