Kolkata: Metro Railway ferried 61.5 lakh passengers between Panchami and Dashami, 15 lakh more than last year’s puja.On Sasthi, 12 lakh passengers took the metro. “This is the highest-ever daily passenger count for metro,” said a spokesperson for Metro Railway.The highest footfall was recorded at Dum Dum station with nearly 5 lakh passengers from Panchami to Dashami. Kalighat was second with more than 4.8 lakh, followed by Sealdah with 4.2 lakh. A technical glitch at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar station on Ashtami (Monday) evening disrupted services. Truncated operations ran between Maidan and Dakshineswar between 5.31 pm and 6.23 pm.“Crowd management was a great challenge for Metro during puja. We made elaborate plans and took various measures. Crowd management instructions were issued to assign responsibilities of each officer and staffer deployed on puja duty,” said a Metro Railway official.Sources said Metro Railway GM Prem Sagar Gupta and other senior officials took the metro and visited different stations to ensure efficient crowd management.
