Nearly 100 people fined for violating COVID norms on Delhi Metro
India | October 18, 2020 10:26 ISTThe Delhi Police has issued 98 challans to metro passengers for violating guidelines pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Sunday.
The Delhi Police has issued 98 challans to metro passengers for violating guidelines pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Sunday.
A small unfinished stretch on the Delhi Metro's Pink Line was expected to be completed by September end this year but it got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Delhi Metro will begin its services on all lines from 6 am tomorrow (Sunday), in order to facilitate the students set to appear for UPSC examinations. The DMRC in a statement on Sunday, September 20, had said that the regular timings as per earlier time table with services starting at 8:00 AM on Phase 3 sections (on Sundays) will continue.
In the view of public outrage and massive protests, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Friday announced that the entry and exit gates for Janpath metro station are closed.
After being closed for 172 days due to COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi Metro's Red Line, Violet Line and Green Line resumed services on Thursday. Earlier on Monday, Yellow Line and Rapid Metro were the first to reopen, followed by Blue Line and Pink Line on Wednesday.
As part of Unlock 4.0, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) began services on red, green and violet lines on September 10.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumed services on Blue and Pink lines on September 09 under Unlock 4.0.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday resumed services on Blue and Pink lines after being closed since March due to coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Yellow line was resumed on Monday with limited operations. According to DMRC, metro trains will run from 7 am to 11 am in the morning and 4 pm to 8 pm in the evening on both the lines.
After a successful resumption along the Yellow Line and Rapid Metro line, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is all set to resume services on the Blue Line, the city’s longest metro line that connects Dwarka Sec 21 to Electronic City/Vaishali, and Pink Line, from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar on Wednesday.
As many as 15,500 passengers availed the services of Delhi Metro's Yellow Line and Gurugram's Rapid Metro till 8.30 p.m. on Monday, the first day of resumption of metro services since India went into lockdown in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumed its services on Monday after a five-month suspension, CISF Director General Rajesh Ranjan appealed to the passengers to carry bare minimum hand baggage and metallic items.
Delhi Metro has resumed services on September 07 from 07:00 am as part of unlock 4 amid coronavirus pandemic.
Delhi Metro has resumed services from 7 am on September 07 as the part of unlock 4.
The first metro left the platform from Huda City Centre metro station in Gurugram, in Haryana for Samaypur Badli metro station in Delhi at 7 a.m. "We are on our way", tweeted Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
After more than five months, metro services have resumed across the country with proper social distancing norms and measures in place amid coronavirus concerns.
As metro train services will resume from tomorrow (September 7) in a graded manner after nearly six months of the shutdown, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) introduced a new travel protocol for commuters in view of COVID-19.
Delhi Metro is ready to resume its services from September 07. The metro will run after a 5-month shutdown. Cleaning and sanitisation activities are being carried out at the depots.
Tokens won't be accepted in the Delhi Metro when its services resume on September 7 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In a bid to allay people's fears of catching coronavirus infection in closed and cramped metro compartments, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has modified the air conditioning system of the trains to allow 100 percent inflow of fresh air.
Final preparations are underway to bring Delhi Metro back on track. Sanitization and disinfection process is underway ahead of its resumption amid COVID outbreak.
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