It was only a matter of time for the Gurugram Rapid Metro passengers to share their side of the story– which is exactly what ended up happening after the metro halted abruptly on Friday, May 22! A massive transformer blast in Gurugram's Sector 72 had left several parts of the area with a power outage. Gurugram’s Rapid Metro was one of the affected services, as the metro was stopped for nearly 45 minutes. Soon after the same, videos of passengers walking on the tracks to make their way to the platform had emerged. The videos were hardly out of the headlines when ‘passenger POV’ videos began to surface as well!“Adventure activities in Gurgaon, ft. Rapid Metro,” a video read, which showed the inside of the metro during the entire power outage. The clip
showed passengers calmly getting out of the halted metro on the evening of Friday, followed by them walking alongside the track to reach the platform safely.The incident surely was out of the ordinary, and seemingly “interesting” enough that many on social media were left commenting how they, too, want to experience something similar.Reportedly, an oil leak in the 220 KVA current transformer had caused the blast, leading to a fire. Seven power substations were affected, as per reports.Coming back to the ‘passenger POV’ video, it went viral almost immediately. Most loved the “adventure”, while some cracked all kinds of jokes on the same.Check out the viral post:“Adventure activities in Gurgaon, ft. Rapid Metro,” the post read. The post was shared on Instagram by the handle ‘Mukul Chauhan’. It was shared yesterday and pulled over 199K views from people.



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