The Lucknow Metro has become the first metro in the country to use ultraviolet (UV) rays to sanitise train coaches.The step was taken in the wake of Covid pandemic to provide its passengers a safe and secure journey.<br />''<br />''AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that the UP Metro Rail Corporation, UPMRC got the idea from the New York Metro's experiment to sanitise trains with UV lamp rays.<br />''<br />''A release from the corporation says that the step is similar to the process which is used to sanitize the hospital's operation theatre. UPMRC contacted a firm which makes sanitizing equipments and developed a UV lamp which can sanitize a metro coach in just 30 minutes.<br />''<br />''DRDO approved the equipment in October last year and Lucknow Metro has become the first metro to use this to sanitize the coaches. The remote operated equipment also reduces the cost by 40 times less than what comes in sanitizing the coach by sodium hypochlorite.<br />''<br />''UPMRC Managing Director Kumar Keshav said that When Lucknow Metro started token sanitation by UV radiation, there was an overwhelming response and appreciation from the passengers.<br />'' <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Now, with train sanitation by ultraviolet rays, UPMRC wants to assure all the passengers that their Lucknow Metro was, is and will always be the safest mode of transport.</span><br />