It’s no secret that thousands of people use the metro services in Mumbai. But people were particularly in for a rough Thursday, as services were disrupted on the Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova corridor. This especially came as a huge problem as chaos during the peak hours. Here’s all you need to know about the reason for the delay and how the netizens reacted to the jam-packed metro station that was flooded with commuters.
Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova Corridor Faces Massive Delay In Services
Waiting since an hour here in ghatkopar…
Mumbai Metro quick way of commute?@reliancegroup @MumbaiMetro01@mumbaimetros @RIL_Updates @TOIMumbai @htTweets @EconomicTimes @mumbaimatterz pic.twitter.com/8Zrbxoujdj— MALAY SHAH (@MALAYSHAH3) April 4, 2024
People were in for a rude shock when their commute was disrupted due to a delay in services caused on the Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova corridor. As a result, huge crowds of people accumulated at the Ghatkopar metro station! In fact, the queues for entering the station were so long that people joked on the internet that it felt like a queue for the Lalbagh Darshan. As such, the Metro officials reacted on X to a post wherein it stated that the services had been delayed due to technical failures. Train operations have now been regularised with additional services being run to help make it more convenient for people.
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Netizens Weren’t Happy With The Chaotic Overcrowding Situation
#ghatkopar #mumbai #metro #chaos pic.twitter.com/o1U3JcmKQt
— Ukrulkar Mandar Vilas (@UkrulkarMandar) April 4, 2024
As a result of the massive delay, the situation of chaos ensued at the Ghatkopar, Andheri, and other metro stations on the corridor. Due to this, commuters were seen taking to X, a micro-blogging website formerly called Twitter, to complain about the overcrowding and long queues of passengers at stations. If you’re also wondering how netizens reacted to this massive crowd of people caused by to delay in services, they are as follows.
Crazy queue to enter Ghatkopar Metro Station from Ghatkopar Railway Station.
Aisa lag raha hai Lalbaug ka darshan ka line hai 😊@MumbaiMetro01 can the security process be made faster?
Or is it due to more passengers than it can be handled on the platform?
— Roads of Mumbai (@RoadsOfMumbai) April 4, 2024
Frisking, Bag XRay is such a bottleneck. There’s no other country where it takes this long to just enter a damn station.
Local train mein kuch bhi le jao, lekin metro use karne ke liye itne nakhre.
— Kshitij Malve 🇮🇳 (@KshitijAMalve) April 4, 2024
Why is nobody questioning why do we need that security drama in the first place? Anyway the two second wand waving isn’t catching anything.
Why do other major cities of the world NYC London Beijing etc don’t need this Security theatre at metro stations but only we need it?— ChurchgateLocal (@churchgatelocal) April 4, 2024
There is no space. On the ghatkopar platform or in security check area presently. Solution is add security check counters and increase frequency of trains – to reduce crowd in platform. Also metro on JVLR to be completed at the earliest to reduce load on Ghatkopar-Versova metro
— Venkatesh Rao (Modi ki Pariwar) (@venky21) April 4, 2024
Metro station me bhi traffic jam
SPIRIT OF MUMBAI 🤣🤣
— Anish Kumar Tripathy (@Anish_RR) April 4, 2024
It’s worth mentioning that this corridor’s metro line is one of the key corridors for Mumbai. With a footfall of more than three lakh commuters every day, it must have been quite a chaotic situation for people who use this line frequently.
Cover Image Courtesy: X/MALAYSHAH3
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