chennai an average 213lakh passengers travelled in metro trains chennai in january a total of 6607lakh passengers used the metro rail service last month in a release chennai metro rail ltd said the highest footfalls in the month was recorded on january 13 when more than 265 lakh passengers travelled in metro trains last month nearly 22 lakh passengers purchased qrcode tickets for their journey and nearly 40 lakh commuters swiped their travel cards to board metro trains ahmedabad the ahmedabad municipal corporation fined a private travel company rs 4000 on monday for illegal parking on the road between memco crossroads and naroda patia the solid waste management department slapped notices to 14 units for parking vehicles that obstruct the cleaning of roads the department also penalized 75 tea stalls for use of banned plastics and collected rs 15000 in fines from them the department said they removed some 250 vehicles parked in a manner that obstructed sanitation workers in the cleaning of roads