Hyderabad: Snake slithers into Metro, caught after 5-day ride

HYDERABAD: A two-feet-long Bronzeback tree snake that kept Metro Rail authorities and expert snake catchers on their toes for five days was rescued on Monday. The snake was rescued from the driver’s cabin of the Metro train parked at the LB Nagar Metro depot.
Friends of Snake Society, chief functionary, Avinash Visvanathan said, “The Bronzeback tree snake is a non-poisonous snake. This harmless snake was first spotted inside the driver’s cabin of the moving train on 14th August, around 11 am near Dilsukhnagar.The train was stopped and we were called in to rescue the snake. Thorough searches were carried out on the day of the incident and searches continued for the next few days they yielded no result as the slender reptile managed to slither in between engine machinery and remained hidden.”
“On Monday, the snake was sighted once again inside the same cabin of the docked train and was immediately rescued by our team members. The snake will be relocated to suitable forest habitats with the help of the Forest Department,” he added.
“Chances of snakes slithering into a metro rail is highly unlikely. Citizens need not panic as this is a one-off situation. Usually, these snakes climb heights. The snake would have climbed a tree and then to the metro station and entered a cabin. It may have even entered from a metro depot,” he added
“Usually, we rescue snakes from houses, cars, bikes, regular trains. But rescuing a snake from an elevated metro train has probably happened for first time in Hyderabad,” he said.