New Delhi: Delhi Metro, which was closed for more than five months due to the covid-19 epidemic, is once again ready to resume its services in three phases from Monday. However, it has appealed to the people to use the service only when it is urgently needed. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials said on Sunday that stations located in prohibited areas would remain closed. Officials had also warned earlier that “trains cannot be stopped at some stations” if passengers do not follow the rules of social distance.
Officials said that the service of the Delhi Metro would be restored in a phased manner in three phases from September 7 to 12. The Yellow Line and Rapid Metro connecting Delhi’s Samaypur Badli with Huda City Center in Gurugram will be operational on September 7. He informed that in the first phase trains will run from 7 am to 11 am and from 4 pm to 8 pm in the evening. DMRC said in a statement released on Sunday that due to the epidemic, metro services in Delhi-NCR have been closed since March 22. Now services will be restored after a gap of 169 days. “Only operations on the Yellow Line will be restored this Monday and Tuesday,” the statement said.
