Delhi Metro has no place for mentally disturbed

NEW DELHI: Health advisory at stations asking “mentally disturbed persons” and people infected with certain diseases not to travel in its trains, has caused trouble for the Delhi Metro. The advisory has also said that only leprosy patients with a certificate from a registered medical practitioner, stating the disease is non-infective, were allowed to travel. The move has been criticised by NGOs working on disability rights. Other diseases mentioned are cerebro-spinal meningitis, chicken pox, diphtheria, mumps, typhus, whooping cough, cholera, measles, scarlet fever, typhoid and tuberculosis. “These are old regulations in place as per the Delhi Metro Operations and Maintenance Act. No new rule has been created by the DMRC. Similar rules are also in place at other transport systems,” said an official.