COVID-19 outbreak: DMRC to start thermal scanning of passengers
News | March 20, 2020 7:39 ISTDelhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) issued an advisory in view of COVID-19.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) issued an advisory in view of COVID-19.
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in New Delhi, metro authorities on Thursday night issued an advisory asking commuters to use the rapid transit network only when it is "essential and unavoidable".
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India is surging, the panic among the people is also rising. Many are avoiding public transportation for commutation as a measure to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus.
The Delhi government has ordered DTC and cluster buses, metro and hospitals to be disinfected on a regular basis as a precautionary measure to deal with the novel coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday.
"It is to reiterate that these are all rumours. Don't pay attention to such rumours. Delhi Police is closely monitoring accounts spreading rumours and taking action," the police said, adding that rumours about tension in Dwarka and Badarpur areas were also "unsubstantiated".
People from riot-hit northeast Delhi are struggling to search for their family members who became a victim of the deadly violence took place on Feb 24, 25 and turned the affected areas nothing less than ghost towns. People are searching for their loved ones at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital which is closest to the riot-hit areas as victims are being treated there.
Delhi Police has denied reports of violence from west Delhi
A passenger attempted suicide at the Mandi House metro station of the Delhi Metro on Friday. Commuters witnessed a delay in services after the passenger jumped onto the railway tracks at the Mandi House metro stations that falls on Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's Blue Line.
In the wake of the violence in northeast Delhi areas, five stations on the Delhi Metro's Pink Line remained closed for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.
The Delhi Metro on Monday opened four stations after they were closed for nearly an hour owing to a protest call given by students against the violence in northeast Delhi.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Monday closed the entry and exit gates of some metro stations in the national capital, due to the violence against the new Citizenship law. Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur were among those metro stations kept close to avoid any untoward incident that may fuel the situation in Delhi.
Over 200 women gathered near the Jaffrabad metro station in Delhi on Saturday night in protest against the new citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The services of the Delhi Metro will be affected for two days. In an advisory, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said the train services on Yellow Line Saturday (February 22) and Sunday (February 23) will take a hit.
In a major boost to last-mile connectivity for commuters, the Delhi Metro on Wednesday extended the facility of e-rickshaw services to 12 more stations spread across the rapid transit network, officials said.
Delhi police on Saturday arrested man who flashed his private parts at a woman co-passenger in the Yellow Line of Delhi Metro.
A woman has reported a serious case of sexual harassment in a crowded Delhi Metro's Yellow Line. As per her, while she was returning back to her home from office on Wednesday evening, one of her male co-passengers flashed his genital to her in the train.
A man committed suicide by jumping in front of the Haiderpur Badli Mor metro train in Delhi on Sunday, after killing his two children at his residence in Shalimar Bagh.
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The two stations - Udyog Bhawan and Central Secretariat -- of the Delhi Metro's Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli to HUDA City Centre) will not be available for few hours.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Sunday said the entry and exit gates of five metro stations near the India Gate were closed in the evening to ease rush of passengers on the Republic Day.
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