Delhi Lockdown: Metro Services Shut For A Week Since Today

"We must remember 'Jaan Hai Toh, Jahan Hai'... this time the lockdown will be stricter and the Delhi Metro will not ply from tomorrow," Delhi CM said in the virtual briefing. 

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New Delhi: On Sunday, the Delhi government further extended the lockdown until May 17th owing to the surging Covid cases. It was also announced that starting Monday, Delhi Metro rail services will remain temporarily suspended till 5 am on 17th May.

The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, announced stricter measures like suspension of Metro train services in an online briefing. 

"We must remember 'Jaan Hai Toh, Jahan Hai'... this time the lockdown will be stricter and the Delhi Metro will not ply from tomorrow," he said in the virtual briefing. 

This is the first time since the lockdown came into force on April 19 that the government has suspended Metro services. 

DMRC tweeted announcing the suspension of services, "In the wake of revised guidelines issued today by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi, on extension of Curfew in Delhi for the containment of Covid-19, the Delhi Metro services on all its Lines shall also remain suspended for passenger/essential services from 10 May till 5:00 AM of 17 May". 

Last year the metro services were suspended in March when the Centre announced a complete lockdown in the country to control the explosion of Covid-19 cases. The services were resumed from September 7 in a phased opening under the central government’s Unlock 4 guidelines.

With 3,66,161 fresh infections, India recorded a significant drop in the number of daily Covid-19 cases. India reports 3,53,818 discharges and 3,754 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.