The DMRC said in its tweets, which were updated frequently, that due to "security reasons" initially some gates of the ITO Metro Station and Dhansa Bus Stand Metro Station were closed. Later all gates of the Dhansa Bus Stand were closed briefly.
No other details were given by the Delhi Metro about the security.
This comes in the backdrop of the Supreme Court in early May upholding a Delhi High Court order directing DMRC to pay over Rs 4,600 crore of the arbitral award along with interest to the Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) in two equal installments in two months.
During this period, train services were temporarily not available between Dwarka Sector 21 and Noida Electronic City/Vaishali stations.
The advanced features in these newly-introduced baggage scanners also ensure more convenience for the elderly and women commuters while lifting and placing heavy baggage items through the system for scanning, they said.
Vikas Kumar, who is director (operations) in the corporation, will hold the post for a term of five years, said an order issued by Transport Department of the Delhi government.
Around 11:30 AM, the DMRC tweeted that services have been normalised. It said that the system is still under observation to avoid any further inconvenience.
The metro train services will start at 2:30 pm from terminal stations on all lines on Friday and will continue normally thereafter. Also, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) said bus services will start after 2 pm on Holi.
The 242-metre long modern facility will also help in streamlining the traffic flow on the Ajmeri Gate side of the railway station, DMRC officials said.
The new circular line will have four metro stations and it will be built separately from the existing metro corridors -- Yellow Line and Violet Line -- passing through the area.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Thursday had decided to lift weekend curfew and the odd-even system of opening non-essential shops in the city besides allowing restaurants, bars, cinema halls and theatres to reopen with 50 per cent capacity, given the improving Covid situation.
As part of the ongoing #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav celebrating 75 years of India’s Independence’ (AKAM), a specially decorated Metro train was launched in the presence of Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, and other senior officials at Yamuna Bank Metro Station.
Driverless train operations on 59-km Pink Line was started on Nov 25, putting mass rapid transit system on 4th position globally among networks which operate this cutting-edge technology.
Delhi Government has now made the use of ASGs mandatory for all construction agencies in the national capital as a tool to combat pollution. Detailed guidelines regarding the use of water droplets, nozzles have also been issued in this regard.
The Delhi Metro had begun its commercial operations on December 25, 2002, a day after then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had inaugurated DMRC's first stretch, spanning 8.2 kilometre from Shahdara to Tis Hazari, with just six stations.
Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot flagged off Driverless Train Operations on Pink Line of Delhi Metro (Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar) via video conferencing.
Yellow Line connects Samaypur Badli in Delhi to HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon.
Metro train services will run as usual for the rest of the day on Diwali from routine commencement timings on all the lines
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted about the incident to alert passengers.
DMRC MD Mangu Singh received award from Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri at the 14th Urban Mobility India Conference 2021 in Delhi.
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