Best news for Delhi metro passengers now more people will be able to travel

pAt present 6169 percent of the gates at metro stations have been opened Still there are about 92 stations where only one gate remains open Because of this the problems of the passengers continuep

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October 25, 2021

National

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pLakhs of passengers traveling in Delhi Metro have once again got a big relief due to which the number of passengers has increased in trains Giving a big relief Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has opened additional gates at metro stations for the convenience of the passengers after one and a half years so that there is no long queue of passengers outside the stationsppAt present 6169 percent of the gates at metro stations have been opened Still there are about 92 stations where only one gate remains open Because of this the problems of the passengers continueppSignificantly in the second wave of corona virus infection Delhi Metro passengers started facing problems from March 2020 In view of the danger and impact of corona virus infection the operation of the metro was also closed for 48 days during this periodppDuring a year in Delhi passengers faced problems in metro in two phases Operations started from June 7 with strict rules when the infection of Corona was reduced Then there was a seating arrangement in the metro to follow the rule of physical distance leaving one seat Therefore only 257 gates were opened at a total of 253 metro stations of Delhi MetroppTherefore about one gate was being kept open at every station Because of this there were long lines of passengers outside the metro stations By the end of July 332 gates had been opened At present there is a provision to operate the metro with full seating capacity However now passengers travel in the metro even while standing and in the morning and evening the metro has also started getting crowdedppAccording to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation now 414 gates have been opened at the stations but only 274 gates have been given on the DMRC website Passengers can plan the journey by looking on the DMRC website before the journey at which station the number of gates is open So that after reaching the station the passengers do not face any problem in finding the gate But the information about the additional gates opened in recent days has not been made available on the websiteppBefore the corona infection started about 30 lakh passengers used to make 60 lakh journeys daily in the metro In the second wave about 10 lakh passengers used to make 20 lakh journeys per day in the metro before the operation of the metro was stoppedbr It is worth noting that in September last month about 15 lakh passengers made 28 lakh journeys in the metroppDue to this the number of passengers has increased by about one and a half times The operation on the Yellow Line returned to normal for an hour and a half late in the morning the repair work of the Metro track between Model Town and University on the Yellow Line Samaypur Badli-Huda City Center was to be doneppDue to this the operation between Model Town and University Station was affected till 730 am This affected the entire Yellow Line Therefore operations on the Yellow Line returned to normal after one and a half hours in the morningp

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