Hundreds stuck without light, AC for 1 hr: Snag hits Lucknow Metro on day 1

Some were stranded in the coach with the gates not opening due to a glitch in traction pump

Hundreds of passengers were stuck inside the Lucknow Metro for over an hour due to a technical snag on Wednesday, the first day of its commercial run, officials said.

There were no lights and no air-conditioning either when the train stopped near Mavaiya.

Passengers, excited about their first trip on the much- awaited metro, were stuck till a team of the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) came to their rescue

People stuck inside Lucknow Metro. Photo: ANI

Officials of the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), while conceding that