Senior citizens find it difficult to reach the hill station in the absence of proper facilities

With Christmas and New Year celebrations round the corner, one of the favourite weekend getaways of Mumbaikars, Matheran, is facing a serious challenge. As the toy train services were discontinued in May this year, tourists have no other way but to reach the hill station either on hand-pulled carts, on foot or on horseback. This is definitely creating problems for them, as the taxi stand is 3 km away from the entry point of the hill station. In view of the crisis, green activists have started demanding that the government should expedite the process of introducing battery-operated vehicles or e-rickshaws to ferry passengers.