Despite the alert by DMRC, commuters faced problems. They tweeted in response to DMRC. One of the users complained he had to wait 30 minutes at the Pitampura metro station.
The DMRC said in its tweets, which were updated frequently, that due to "security reasons" initially some gates of the ITO Metro Station and Dhansa Bus Stand Metro Station were closed. Later all gates of the Dhansa Bus Stand were closed briefly.
No other details were given by the Delhi Metro about the security.
Commuters took to Twitter to share that they were waiting for trains for a long time at stations on their way to work or other destinations.
This comes in the backdrop of the Supreme Court in early May upholding a Delhi High Court order directing DMRC to pay over Rs 4,600 crore of the arbitral award along with interest to the Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) in two equal installments in two months.
Arun Jaitley Stadium is adjacent to Delhi Gate and ITO metro stations on the Violet Line that connects Kashmere Gate and Raja Nahar Singh stations.
During this period, train services were temporarily not available between Dwarka Sector 21 and Noida Electronic City/Vaishali stations.
Blue Line connects Dwarka Sector-21 in Delhi and Noida Electronic City, along with a branch line to Vaishali.
The woman took to Twitter to narrate her ordeal following which the Delhi Police asked her to provide her contact details so that they can reach her.
"Metro train services on Phase-III sections which usually begin at 8 AM on Sundays will begin at 6 AM this Sunday i.e, June 5, 2022. This arrangement is being made to facilitate the candidates appearing for Civil Services (Prelim) Examination held by UPSC this Sunday," the DMRC said in a statement.
Chairing a late evening meeting here to discuss a feasibility report submitted by the Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited (RITES), Khattar asked the officials to study the possibility of an underground line and submit a detailed report in the next 15 days.
The Delhi government said that due to disruption of power supply from the Dadri-National Capital Power Station & Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant, there may be a problem with the 24-hour power supply to many essential institutions including Delhi Metro, hospitals.
The permission has been issued by the Dy Conservator of Forest (North) under Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994.
Vikas Kumar, who is director (operations) in the corporation, will hold the post for a term of five years, said an order issued by Transport Department of the Delhi government.
Around 11:30 AM, the DMRC tweeted that services have been normalised. It said that the system is still under observation to avoid any further inconvenience.
The metro train services will start at 2:30 pm from terminal stations on all lines on Friday and will continue normally thereafter. Also, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) said bus services will start after 2 pm on Holi.
The 242-metre long modern facility will also help in streamlining the traffic flow on the Ajmeri Gate side of the railway station, DMRC officials said.
LPG Cylinder rate is revised monthly for all the states and union territories in India.
The new circular line will have four metro stations and it will be built separately from the existing metro corridors -- Yellow Line and Violet Line -- passing through the area.
In a video posted by the CISF, it is seen that Mehata was engrossed in his smartphone while being unaware of walking towards the rail tracks
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