Treasure(Shoes) Hunting in Delhi Metro.

Hello everyone. Today I had to go to V3S Mall near Nirman Vihar metro station.

I have bought formal shoes on 19th July. Had 3 months of warranty. Its stiching from side has started to break. So I want to claim the warranty.

I didn’t want to go today as I have an exam tomorrow and formals are mandatory and I have only this formal shoes. So I thought I would change them after the exam.

However, don’t know why suddenly at 5pm I call my friend Naman and asked him to go to the mall with me. He agreed. At 5:35 we were at metro station. I put the shoes bag below the seat where I was sitting.

We were on the pink line. We have to change metro from karkarduma. We changed the metro between 6:00 to 6:08 but I forgot my shoes. When we reached Preet Vihar it hits me. We went to the customer care counter, he said the master will come after 10 min so wait till he arrives. I called DMRC helpline and tried to talk with customer care but the line was busy.

We thought if we go ahead on blue line, maybe we can catch the metro at Mayur Vihar -I and get my shoes. We went back to the platform but the metro timing was 10 mins. We waited but then master came, we told him everything and he said go back to karkarduma and talk to customer care.

We went to the platform to go back but as we reached the platform, we missed the metro and next one was in 10 mins. And then the metro on the other platform reached but we cannot go as this one too going to left before we can reach the other side.

I called my friend Abhishek, told him everything.He lives near Kahaniya nagar station. Told him to go to NSP and search for the metro. It will arrive between 7 to 7:15. He was taking test of his students. He called his sister to bring him the metro card and take the test of the students.

Now it’s 6:30pm, Naman and I went to the Karkarduma. In our way we decided Naman will go to the NSP through red line and will catch that metro with shoes and I will go to the customer care. I get off on the karkarduma and told the customer care, he said I should have reported within next 5-7 minutes so they can searched the metro within next 2-3 station. Now I have to go to the SCR. He told me now nothing could happen. If someone finds and give your shoes to the staff then it will go to the lost and found centre at Kashmiri Gate station and after 48 hours you can get them back. I told him I have an exam tomorrow and I cannot take it without my formal shoes. He said nothing can be done. I asked him to tell me the timing of the metro when it will reach its last station so I can collect ot myself but he denied. He said there is so many metros how can we tell which one has your shoes. I told him the timing that it was at karkarduma between 6:00 to 6:08 but he said no we cannot help.

Its 6:38 pm, now I started to think I have lost my shoes. And have to buy new one. I too went toward NSP through red line.I started to search different routes to catch that metro.

When I reached Krishna Nagar, I told naman to change his route and go to Azad Nagar by changing metro at Kashmiri Gate. As it would be faster. He agreed. Meanwhile Abhishek reached the NSP at 6:55pm. I gave him instructions to search only 2nd, 3rd and 4th coach and in the middle seats.

At 7:05 pm, I was at Kashmiri gate going towards NSP, Naman at Azad nagar searching metro, Abhishek at NSP searching metro.

At 7:17 pm, I reached Keshav Puram, Abhishek Called me and said, “Video Call kr”, I did, but network wasn’t that good, he send me the pic of the bag, and I was so happy. I shouted at “haa yhi h bhai yhi h” as the video call was still on. I was relived.

Gave the news to Naman and reached NSP at 7:25 pm. Met Abhishek and exited the station. I had to pay 20 rupees as late staying fee. I asked him to charge it through my metro card but he said we can’t do that the rules have changed and I have to pay cash. I paid via credit card and he accepted as I was low on cash.

Abishek and I are now waiting for Naman at gate no 1. I called him, he was also paying late fee at that time. He gave 100 rupees note and forget to take changes as he was on call with me.

We went to the Hastag, ate Pasta & Pizza. Clicked some pics. Had Ice-cream while standing on the footover bridge.

Abhishek told me he searched 3 metros and found the shoes in fourth one. Naman also searched 2 metros.

I used DMRC app for all my metro timing calculation.

When returning, at NSP Naman told us that he forget to take 80 rupees back as I have called him in between transaction and he got distracted. However, I told him to go ask for his money as he still have the receipt. He agreed. The person who was on the duty was about to leave. Naman told him everything, he inspected the receipt and gave back Naman his money. He was really good and nice person.

Finally we return home, while talking how different this day was.

I wasn’t able to change my shoes but we definitely made a core memory.

Thank you for reading this!

TL;DR - left my shoes in a metro and had to catch that metro through different routes. 2 friends helped me and found the shoes. It was necessary for my tomorrow’s exam.