With the six-day lockdown announced in the national capital on Monday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has revised its operational plan for the six-day lockdown period.
Delhi registered the highest single-day spike of new 28,395 coronavirus cases and a positivity rate of over 32 percent in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by the Delhi government's health department on Tuesday.
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The DMRC had temporarily closed entry points of several metro stations to ensure social distancing of passengers.
It has revised the operational plan for the six-day lockdown period. "To offer more capacity in compliance to 50 per cent seating provision with no standing to eligible people travelling by metro during the curfew period, which is imposed in NCT of Delhi till 5 am of 26th April 2021, the DMRC has now decided to revise its operational plan with immediate effect," said the DMRC in its statement.
Here’s What Travellers Should Note
1) The frequency of metro trains increased from 30 minutes to 15 minutes during the peak hours.
2) For traveling other than peak hours, the frequency has been increased from 60 minutes to 30 minutes.
3) Besides, the operation timings of the metro has also been increased during the peak hours.
4) Travellers can avail of metro services across the network during the morning (7 am to 11 am) and evening (4 pm to 8 pm) peak hours with a frequency of 15 minutes.
5) Also, note metro services during the lockdown period can be availed only by the exempted category of people on production of valid identity proof.
7) In addition, standby trains on each line shall also be available the whole day for induction into services as per requirement
India inches away from breaching 300,000 cases in a day, recorded 2,95,041 new Covid cases, 2,023 deaths, and 1,67,457 discharges in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.