As Delhi will enter a 6-day lockdown from 10 pm tonight, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday issued guidelines and informed that the metro services during peak hours in the mornings (8 am to 10 am ) and in evenings (5 pm to 7 pm), across the network, will be available with a headway (frequency) of 30 minutes.
For the rest of the day, the metro services across the network will be available with a frequency of 60 minutes. During the lockdown period, traveling will allow only up to 50 percent seating capacity in the Metro.
DMRC in a statement, said, "Metro services during this period can be availed only by the exempted category of people as per the latest government order on the production of the valid IDs. During this period, travel will be allowed only up to 50 percent seating capacity in the Metro. In addition, no standing passenger allowed during the travel."
Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announces that after reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the national capital with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal it has decided that it is important to impose a lockdown in Delhi, from 10 pm tonight to 5 am next Monday (April 26), for six days.
The Delhi government had last week announced a weekend curfew in the national capital from 10 pm on April 16 till 6 am on April 19, and the closure of malls, gymnasiums and auditoriums till April 30 amid the surge in COVID-19 cases.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal said, "If we don't impose a lockdown now, we might face a bigger calamity. The government will take full care of you. We took this tough decision taking the situation into consideration. The six-day lockdown will help us arrange more beds and supplies."
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