Delhi Metro Magenta Line Delays Between Kalindi Kunj, Okhla Bird Sanctuary. Commuters Share Ordeal
Delhi Metro Magenta Line faces long delays, metro travellers complain.
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in a tweet informed that the Magenta Line which runs from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden is facing a delay. The delay is in services between Kalindi Kunj and Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The DMRC in its tweet also said that all other lines are running as normal.
Magenta Line Update
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें😷 (@OfficialDMRC) January 18, 2023
Delay in services between Kalindi Kunj and Okhla Bird Sanctuary.
Normal service on all other lines.
Reacting to the tweet, several users have questioned what is causing the delay, and some users have also stated how this is making them late for work.
Adding a picture of a crowded platform, a user wrote, "Please resolve the issue ASAP along Magenta line. Things are getting messy. View of Botanical garden metro station"
Please resolve issue ASAP along Magenta line. Things are getting messy. View of Botanical garden metro station pic.twitter.com/BerjgczDEw
— Abhishek Gautam (@abhishekhg7) January 18, 2023
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A user stated that the issue hasn't changed since yesterday which is making people late for their office or college.
Same issue was happened yesterday as well everyone is getting late for the offices and colleges why the technical issue was not resolved before the working hours.@OfficialDMRC kindly resolve it on priority.
— Tooba Ansar (@ToobaAnsar2) January 18, 2023
Another user wrote how technical glitches and delays are not routine, and that no efforts are made to make the service smoother.
Delays on Magenta Line are now a routine thing! People are reaching offices late, missing further connections, yet no efforts are made for smoother services on this route.
— Tushar mangl (@tusharmangl) January 18, 2023
A user had a similar complaint and stated that the delays are frequent causing a heavy rush on the line.
Trains are delayed for more than half an hour now on this route.. heavy rush n long delay on magenta line
— Animesh Kumar (@Animesh56996391) January 18, 2023
What exactly is the issue? 10 mins layover in every station... We're already late for office 🥲
— Sagarika Biswas (@SagaBiswas) January 18, 2023
In December 2022, the Magenta line Metro service was disrupted after a drone carrying medical supplies fell on the metro track near Delhi's Jasola Vihar. The services were disrupted between Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh to Botanical Garden "due to security reasons", DMRC tweeted.
The drone reportedly belongs to a Noida-based company, which supplies medicines adding the company's documents were being checked to ascertain if they had the drug regulator's permission.
“We are checking their documents whether permission from DGCA is there or not. We are investigating it and on the basis of the investigation necessary action will be taken,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Metro, Jitendra Mani, was quoted by ANI.