Somesh Kumar complimented Hyderabad Metro Rail officials for providing good service by maintaining safety protocols in metro stations during these Covid times
Little did the medical personnel and the Metro staff involved in the mission know that they would get international attention for this commendable act, with Erik Solheim, a Norwegian diplomat, now tweeting a news video of the mission
A special train was arranged for the purpose and Hyderabad Metro Rail created a special green corridor, besides suspending other trains on the route for a while.
Post unlock, the Metro services were being made available in a graded manner and HMRL on Wednesday announced the resumption of services from the three closed stations.
He also assured replacement of majority of the public transport vehicles with electric vehicles as per the new Electric Vehicle policy of the State government.
The patronage in Metros across the country has been picking up slowly but Hyderabad Metro continues to maintain a steady growth and stands next only to Delhi.
The Metro Suvarna offer was launched on October 17 and Metro officials said there was good response from passengers as there was an increase of ridership by over 30 per cent.
