NEW DELHI: 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.The recovery of cash forgotten and later restored to the traveller, as per data accessed by PTI, is one of the largest in the last few years. "These are cases of lost and and found in the Delhi Metro. Such cases occur at some station or the other almost every day. The Central Industrial Security Force is tasked with the security duties in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and after recovering these items and scanning them from the point of view threats, the force hands them over to the station controller. An estimated 26 lakh people use it to travel to their destination every day.

Source: Economic Times September 11, 2016 07:30 UTC