Sources in the Metro Rail Corporation said that currently the metro train was being used for joy rides by people. This could be gauged from the fact that on weekends, footfall increased substantially and during normal days, it remained low. In the starting phase of commercial operation of the metro, the footfall had reached around 7000 but now it was around 400 per day, they said.
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