No exit from Rajiv Chowk Metro on Dec 31 evening
Commuters will not be allowed to exit the Rajiv Chowk Station after 9pm on December 31, while entry will be confined…
Though Delhi Metro security staff are very vigilant about allowing drunk people entering the station, an occasional slip-up does happen. A colleague returning home late one night saw a young man seated in the ladies’ compartment, fast asleep. Since it was late night and the compartment was empty, the ladies in the coach let the sleeping man be.
It was when the man’s mobile phone slipped out of his hands that one of the women woke him up. Picking up his phone, the man promptly went back to sleep. Soon the phone fell off again. That was when an older lady sitting next to him realised the man was actually drunk. It was in a state of stupor and not sleep that he was sprawled in his seat.She then went into the general compartment and requested the men there to help the ladies out and take the man out of the coach.
Two tall men volunteered. They woke up the sleeping man, informing him that his "station had come". Each holding an arm, the men escorted the sozzled person into the general section. As our colleague stepped off the train at her station, she noticed the man was still fast asleep, lost to the world.
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She could not help but wonder where the man wanted to go and what would happen when the train terminated at the last station. She could only hope the Metro staff would be helpful enough to ensure he reached the right station — at least he would be close to his house when he came to his senses.
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