HYDERABAD: Only a few days after ladies-only coaches were inaugurated in trains plying on the
Miyapur-Nagole stretch of
Hyderabad Metro Rail (
HMR), commuters pointed out that men can now be seen travelling in these coaches.
L&T Metro Rail Limited officials, replying to one such complaint raised by a female commuter on social media, tweeted, “Men in ladies coaches are not allowed irrespective of peak/non-peak hours. Announcements are being made to this effect and staff are sent to check as well educate commuters.”
Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) managing director N V S
Reddy, said police personnel manning metro stations will now be ‘put on the job’ to ensure that men do not travel in the ladies-only coaches. Signs and displays to this effect have been put up at operational metro stations in the city.
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