{"id":1020380,"date":"2026-07-13T08:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1020380"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:58:17","slug":"chennai-metro-increases-fine-five-fold-for-playing-music-or-videos-without-headphones-inside-the-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/13\/chennai-metro-increases-fine-five-fold-for-playing-music-or-videos-without-headphones-inside-the-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Chennai Metro increases fine five-fold for playing music or videos without headphones inside the train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers travelling on the Chennai Metro will now have to ensure they use earphones or headphones while listening to music or watching videos, failing which they could face a penalty of up to Rs 2,500 for creating a nuisance inside trains or metro stations. <\/p>\n<p>The advisory was issued by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) as part of its efforts to improve commuter experience, minimise noise pollution and ensure a more comfortable travel environment for passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers travelling on the Chennai Metro will now have to ensure they use earphones or headphones while listening to music or watching videos, failing which they could face a penalty of up to Rs 2,500 for creating a nuisance inside trains or metro stations. The advisory was issued by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) as part of its efforts to improve commuter experience, minimise noise pollution and ensure a more comfortable travel environment for passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020400,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020380\/revisions\/1020400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}