New Delhi: When the City Government announced further restrictions on Saturday given the enhanced Covid situation, Delhi Metro officials said the service would now run with full seating capacity from July 26, but there will still be provisions for commuter standing.
DMRC runs a train with a capacity of 50 percent seating since June 7 when the service has continued after a long hiatus.
Given the latest guidelines incurred on Saturday by the city government regarding Covid detention, the general public will now be able to travel in Metro Delhi with “full seating capacity from his coach (which is around 50 people per coach) from July 26) from July 26 to advance to More orders, “said a senior official.
There will still be provisions to stand traveling into the coach, as June 7, they said.
The official source previously said that each coach had a capacity of around 300 riders, 50 sitting and 250 stood.
Since standing commuters is not allowed, so effective 50 people can ride on each carriage.
So, effectively the carrying capacity is around 17-18 percent, which has been 10 percent since June 7 because of the rules of 50 percent, they said.
“DMRC will further examine the revised guidelines issued today and if needed, detailed guidelines of the operational perspective will be done and communicated accordingly,” said Metro Delhi in a statement.
When traveling in a standing position still has not been permitted by the authorities, entering the station will also continue to be arranged through the gate identified in accordance with ongoing practices, an official said.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation service is fully suspended since May 10, given 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.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Saturday announced the appointment of further restrictions, given the better Coronavirus situation.
There was no death because Covid-19 was recorded in Delhi on Saturday, while 66 new cases were reported with a position of participation of 0.09 percent, according to the data distributed by the City Health Department.
This is the second time since the beginning of the second wave of pandemic in the national capital of zero fatality has been recorded in a day.
On July 18, there were no deaths recorded, while the city had registered 51 cases.
DMRC has 10 lines covering 242 stations, and 264 stations, including metro quickly in Gurgaon.