Steps are strewn with trash, the toilets stink, the floor is unswept, and the elevators are dirty. Layers of dust can be found everywhere, but prominent by their absence is the cleaning staff with its paraphernalia.
This is not the status of any government-run bus stand or railways station, but of the several swanky Metro Rail stations being operated across the city by the L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, the concessionaire for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project in the city.
Pigeon droppings, which were confined to the MGBS station earlier, are now ubiquitous, and mark even the escalator railings by their presence.
