On 1st day of launch, Lucknow Metro comes to halt

LUCKNOW: More than 500 passengers got stuck inside the second Metro train on Wednesday morning, the first day of Lucknow Metro 's commercial operations.The train was stuck for over an hour at the Mawaiya's special span. People kept panicking as the lights and air conditioner went off due to technical glitch.Being the first day of public launch, even Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation LMRC ) team took longer to understand the defect. The rescue team took over 20 minutes to teach the spot to check the fault. Officials said that the train bears some fault in its traction. Rest all trains are plying on the other parallel track.Meanwhile passengers panicked because of high temperature, no air conditioner and water. There were many who wanted to catch a flight and we're riding in a metro for the first time. But due to fault, most panicked as they were likely to miss their flights. They said while Metro is meant to save time, they are taking more time to reach than a rickshaw.LMRC team appealed to the passengers not to panic and cooperate till the time second train reaches for rescue. The team is sending a second train at the spot to rescue the stuck passengers. It said that the other trains have been launched on the second track and are running normally, only one train has been found faulty.Within an hour of the first technical glitch, another Metro train was halted ahead of Alambagh Metro station for almost 23 minutes.The passengers were stranded inside the coaches with no water or air conditioner. Unlike the first incident, here the train was be fixed in less than half an hour as the Lucknow Metro team was able to understand the glitch.In a desperate attempt to save their face after back to back technical glitches on the first day of its public launch, LMRC suddenly prohibited the entry of media inside Metro premises post 11:15 am.The LMRC spokesperson said that due to unavoidable circumstances, they had to bar the entry of media hinting at the snags in the morning shift.Police cane-charged few Samajwadi Party workers protesting at the Transportnagar Metro station.Later, another Metro train was stranded at the Durgapuri Metro Station, third since morning.