Udhagamandalam: Tourists taking a joy ride in the heritage Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR) have no access to drinking water for nearly two and half hours of their journey from Mettupalayam station to the next station in Hillgrove as the district administration has neither made any arrangements to provide water to them nor allows them to carry water in plastic bottles.
The mountain train, which is a connecting train to the Nilgiris Express, starts from the Mettupalayam station by 7.10 am and the next stopover is at Hillgrove station at around 9.30 am. After nearly two and half hours of journey, tourists don’t get drinking water at the Hillgrove station. The mountain train stops at the station to fill water to the engine of the train. Same is the case at the Ooty station.