New Delhi: Experts have suggested to open all the gate of the Delhi Metro Station to reduce congestion for passengers during the recent meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), officials said.
The suggestion was made by the Director of the National Disease Control Center (NCDC) Dr.
Sujit Kumar Singh at a meeting held under the leadership of Delhi Lieutenant Lieutenant Governor of Baijal.
According to the minutes of the meeting held on August 27, Singh observed that only a few gates from the Delhi Metro station were opened and were told the opening of all the earliest gates because this would cause lower congestion.
However, DDMA has not yet decided the suggestion.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) facilitates passenger entries at all of its stations through 276 gates.
A DMRC official said, “We followed the DDMA guidelines and several gates were closed at the Metro station.
The opening of more gates will lead to more people inside the station.
We will follow the DDMA guidelines.” At present, Metro Delhi operates on 100 percent seating capacity without passengers standing permitted.
Metro Delhi’s service was fully suspended since May 10, considering Covid’s induced locking, which was first applied on April 19 and then was expanded by the city government.
The metro service initially ran in part, only for people from important services, but from May 10, suspended remembering the increasing case in the middle of the second wave of Coronavirus pandemic.
On June 7, the Metro service was continued after a four-week hiatus given the Covid situation which was enhanced in the national capital, but with a capacity of 50 percent seating and there was no provision to travel commuter.
On July 26, the train began to run with full capacity but there was no provision for passengers standing.