The rules were flouted inside the metro, dozens of people were seen standing in the coach and traveling.

Posted on 7th Jun 2021 by rohit kumar

On Monday, as soon as Delhi was unlocked, the rules and regulations laid down for the prevention of coronavirus infection were seen floating. Be it the metro or market, rules were seen breaking everywhere. People thronged the busy markets, the roads were jammed. There was also a crowd of people more than the prescribed capacity in the metro. Metro had already announced that people will not be able to travel standing in the metro. Apart from this, we will travel only by leaving one seat, but all these rules were seen breaking. People were seen standing and traveling in every coach of the metro.

 

About a month after the operation was stopped due to the second wave of Corona, the Delhi Metro was back on track from Monday. The metro ran at a speed on all 10 lines of the Delhi Metro, but because of the corona infection, the operation was approved with 50 percent fewer passengers than the capacity. The arrangement for traveling by sitting only in the metro coach was already announced, with this people had to leave one seat and sit, but all these rules were left in abeyance. It was also decided that no passenger would stand and travel at all, but all these became redundant in the crowd. During the journey, passengers will have to follow the rules of prevention from the corona. Fines will be imposed for not wearing a mask and not following the rules of physical distance.

 

According to the information, about 300 passengers travel in a metro coach, each coach has about 50 seats. Now only 25 passengers will be able to travel in one coach. In this way, about 200 passengers will be able to travel in the eight-coach metro and about 150 passengers in the six-coach metro. The total network of Delhi Metro is 348 km and has 253 stations. There is a total of 682 gates at these stations, out of which only 260 gates will open. Only one gate will be open at each station.

 

According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Metro is being provided at stations at intervals of five to 15 minutes on the first two days, which is twice more than on normal days. There are 330 metro trains in the network of Delhi Metro. 10 percent of the trains remain in reserve. About 300 metro trains operate on normal days, but now only about 150 metro trains will land on the track, which will make about two and a half thousand trips. DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal said that the frequency of the metro will be increased from Wednesday. Delhi Metro operations have been closed since May 10. Last year, even when the transition to Corona started, the operation of the metro was closed for about five and a half months.

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