Chennai Air show: 4 lakh passengers travelled in Chennai Metro, highest ridership recorded
With as many as 15 lakh people gathered at the Beach to witness the air show, the public transportations was largely inadequate for the public to commute.
People crowded at the metro station after IAF's air show
CHENNAI: Witnessing a highest ridership till date, the Chennai Metro Rail recorded four lakh passenger footfall on October 6, during the day when the air show was held by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Marina Beach.
With as many as 15 lakh people gathered at the Beach to witness the air show, the public transportations was largely inadequate for the public to commute.
Rush prevailed among people to catch a quick ride to reach the venue on Sunday morning and panic to return to their homes safely.
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However, the huge inflow of passengers at Government Estate Metro station on Sunday forced staff to open the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) gates.
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) that took account of the ridership announced that 4,00,042 people took Metro rides on Sunday.
Apparently, this is the highest daily ridership recorded by CMRL so far.
But, for crowd management, CMRL operated trains every 3.5 minutes at 2 pm on Sunday and deployed more than 100 CMRL staff, security, pink squad and police personnel at the Estate Metro.