New Delhi: Regardless of restrictions on the number of passengers to be taken, DMRC runs the maximum train, do more than 5,100 travels with the highest frequency every day as available during pre-covid time, officials said on Sundays.
When the City Government announced the appointment of further restrictions on Saturdays given the better Coronavirus situation, Metro Delhi has said that the service will now run with full seating capacity of July 26, but there will still be provisions for commuter standing.
DMRC has run the train with 50 percent seating capacity since June 7 when the service has continued after a long hiatus.
The passenger crowd has been reported at various stations since then, but the urban transporter has stated that it is because it maintains Covid norms.
DMRC, in a statement, confirmed that although it was allowed to bring restrictions on the number of passengers, still run the maximum train that did more than 5,100 travel with the highest frequency every day as available during the pre-covid period, when more than 60 travel passenger lakh was done every day Day, contrary to the general belief that the DMRC is currently running its service with a reduced train due to travel restrictions.
Also, the guidelines spoken by the authorities are binding in Metro Delhi, he said.
And, even with this revised guideline, a maximum of 50 passengers per coach are permitted, such as against 300 before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Entering the station will continue to be arranged, the word DMRC.
“As a result, even though the queue may reduce slightly, this may still be outside the station, especially during rush hour due to compliance and compliance with the appropriate behavior of Covid inside the Metro place in accordance with government guidelines,” he said.
When and when relaxation further announced by the authorities, the DMRC will ensure that all steps are taken from the end to provide convenient and comfortable travel and travel to the general public, the official said.
DMRC begged the public to travel with Metro “only when it was absolutely necessary and observe all travel protocols related to Covid for their own safety and other people in the war against this pandemic.” The DMRC service is fully suspended from May 10 considering the covid-induced locking in Delhi.
This was first applied on April 19, and in a row extended by the city government.
The Metro service initially ran in part, only for people from an important service field, but from May 10, suspended remembering cases that increased in the midst of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, from June 7, it has been running with a capacity of 50 percent seating and there is no provision to stand for commuter trips.
DMRC has 10 lines covering 242 stations, and 264 stations, including metro quickly in Gurugram.
‘Delhi Metro ran with the highest frequency every day’
