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Farmers' march: 'You cannot board metro from NCR towards Delhi'

NEW DELHI: With Metro services from NCR to the capital stopped just before the state borders because of the farmers’ march, many Delhiites found it tough to reach office and instead worked from home on Thursday. Friday won’t be any better. While services within Delhi will be normal, as it was Thursday, trains in NCR cities will be regulated. Commuters from Delhi will be able to reach all NCR stations, but wouldn’t be able to return using the Metro. “I was unable to find even a cab during the peak hour. Most of my colleagues also worked from home,” said Kamal Malhotra, a Noida resident, whose office is in south Delhi. You cannot board Metro from NCR towards DelhiThere will be no movement of passengers allowed from NCR stations to Delhi till such a time as advised by police authorities,” a DMRC spokesperson said. On ground, this would mean that while some trains will terminate at the last stations near Delhi’s borders, some will enter NCR but only reach the terminal stations, opening doors on the way. But on the way back to Delhi, the doors will remain closed and no passenger will be able to board the train from NCR towards Delhi. However, separate trains will run on loop for those travelling within NCR cities. While Magenta Line’s (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden) services wouldn’t be available in NCR, trains would operate between Noida City Centre to Noida Electronic City stations on Blue Line. On the Red Line, trains will run in a loop between Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar and Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda stations in Ghaziabad. In Gururgram, some trains on Yellow Line would run between Guru Dronacharya and HUDA City Centre stations and the Rapid Metro would have normal service. On the Violet Line, which connects Delhi to Faridabad and Ballabhgarh, trains would run on a loop between Mewala Maharajpur and Raja Nahar Singh stations. There will be no NCR service on the Green Line which connects Delhi to Bahadurgarh. “This arrangement is being done on the directions of Police authorities owing to security reasons in the wake of the ongoing Kisan Rally,” the spokesperson said. Watch Farmers' protest: Passengers not allowed to board metro from NCR towards Delhi

The Times of India

2020-11-27

Delhi