6,000 people took late-night Metro ride on New Year’s Eve
Update: 2018-01-02 16:18 IST
With New Year parties held around the Hyderabad city on Sunday, nearly 6,000 party goers took the Metro ride back home late into the night.
The metro rail authorities had extended the services till 2:30 am to provide 'safe travel' to people on the New Year’s Eve. However, people turned up at the stations even after the said time prompting the authorities to continue services till 2:45 am on Monday.
A total of 1.07 lakh commuters traveled by Metro rail on Sunday.
The authorities revealed that even though 6,000 people traveled in the late night/early morning Metro trains, no untoward incidents took place as the passengers were well behaved.