Delhi Metro Guideline Lockdown Extension DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal said that the frequency of the metro will be increased from Wednesday. There may be crowd outside the stations There is a possibility of crowd of passengers outside the metro stations.
Delhi Metro will be back on track from Monday, almost a month after the operations were stopped due to the second wave of Corona. Metro will speed up on all 10 lines of Delhi Metro, but in view of the corona infection, the operation has been approved with 50 percent less passengers than the capacity. There will be arrangement for traveling in metro coach only by sitting, that too by leaving one seat. Passengers will not be able to travel standing up. In such a situation, in comparison to the number of passengers sitting and standing in a coach on normal days, only ten percent of the passengers will be able to travel. During the journey, passengers will have to follow the rules of prevention from corona. Fines will be imposed for not wearing masks and not following the rules of physical distance.
According to the information received, about 300 passengers travel in a metro coach, each coach has about 50 seats. Now only 25 passengers will be able to travel in one coach. In this way, about 200 passengers will be able to travel in eight-coach metro and about 150 passengers in six-coach metro.
The total network of Delhi Metro is 348 km and has 253 stations. There are total 682 gates at these stations, out of which only 260 gates will open. Only one gate will be open at each station.
According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Metro will be available at stations at intervals of five to 15 minutes on the first two days, which is twice more than on normal days. There are 330 metro trains in the network of Delhi Metro. 10 percent of the trains remain in reserve. About 300 metro trains operate on normal days, but now only about 150 metro trains will land on the track, which will make about two and a half thousand trips.
DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal said that the frequency of the metro will be increased from Wednesday. There may be crowd outside the stations There is a possibility of crowd of passengers outside the metro stations. In view of this, DMRC has written a letter to the police administration demanding that law and order be maintained. It is noteworthy that the operation of Delhi Metro is closed since May 10. Last year, even when the transition of Corona started, the operation of the metro was closed for about five and a half months.
