Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Women made aware of safety features in Metro

- HT Correspond­ent lkoreporte­rsdesk@hindustant­imes.com ▪

LUCKNOW: To pay tribute to Delhi’s braveheart girl, a group of 200 Power Angels from Women Power Line 1090 visited the Charbagh Metro station and provided female commuters with all important informatio­n related to safety and security in Metro trains.

The passengers were made aware of ‘talk back’ button in the coaches, CCTV cameras, availabili­ty of female guard at every Metro station among other things.

LMRC managing director Kumar Keshav and senior officials of the corporatio­n greeted the team led by Babita Singh (DSP, 1090).

On this occasion, Keshav said travelling in the Lucknow Metro was completely safe and LMRC had used every new system for

› Let’s strive together to make Metro a safe travel for one and all. KUMAR KESHAV, MD, LMRC

commuters’ safety. He added, “Let’s strive together to make Metro a safe travel for one and all.”

Babita Singh thanked the LMRC for such facilities and asked women police to visit the Metro system and sensitise women commuters on the safety and security aspects.

Through a skit, the Power Angels also conveyed the message that women were no longer weak and that they should not keep misconcept­ions about them of being weak.

They also took a Metro ride from Charbagh Metro station to Krishna Nagar and back.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? ▪ Power Angels from WPL 1090 travelling in Metro to make women passengers aware about safety features in trains.
HT PHOTO ▪ Power Angels from WPL 1090 travelling in Metro to make women passengers aware about safety features in trains.

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