A four-foot-long cobra was rescued from the basement of Dwarka Sector 8 Metro Station, Wildlife SOS, an NGO involved in wildlife conservation, said on Tuesday.
It said the snake was released back into the wild after being kept under observation for a few hours.
The common cobra (naja naja) is one of the big four venomous snake species found in the Indian subcontinent and is protected under Schedule II of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
"The nearly four-foot-long cobra created quite a stir at the Dwarka Sector 8 Metro Station on the Blue Line (on Monday evening)," Wildlife SOS said in a statement.
A DMRC official said, "The maintenance staff found the snake hiding in a pile of discarded material kept near the storage room. They immediately reported the incident to us."
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