A whopping Rs 43 lakh in cash, 283 mobile phones and 79 laptops were among the belongings left behind by commuters while travelling in the Delhi Metro till August this year, according to the rail network’s ‘lost and found’ data.
According to data prepared by CISF, the security force tasked to secure the Metro network, a total of Rs 43,18,155 in forgotten cash was recovered by its personnel, apart from foreign currency worth over Rs 26,000 and bank cheques/drafts worth over Rs 40.85 lakh. The comparative figures for last year’s recoveries of foreign currency and bank instruments stood at Rs 16,000 and Rs 1.93 lakh respectively.
The Delhi Metro network has over 150 operational stations running across Delhi, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad. An estimated 26 lakh people use it to travel to their destination every day.
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