After Thursdays euphoria,which had 60,000 people ride the Metro simply for the joy of it,on Day 2,actual commuters turned out in large numbers to own the train.A lot of people living around Byappanahalli and Indiranagar who work in the vicinity of MG Road ditched autorickshaws for a Metro-bus combination to reach their workplaces.
Thursdays was my last auto ride to work, said a media professional who works on MG Road,with a huge sigh of relief.A half-hour trip from Indiranagar that used to cost her Rs 35 by auto was accomplished on Friday in 6 minutes flat with a saving of Rs 25 to boot.
Its a story that repeated in many offices in the central business district.It would be interesting to observe in the coming weeks the Metros impact on auto-rickshaws.
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