Farmers Movement Archive

For second day, Delhi Metro’s link with NCR towns severed

NEW DELHI: For the second consecutive day, Delhi Metro services between the capital and NCR cities remained cut off on Friday due to the protests by farmers. Normal services are expected to resume on Saturday. A day earlier, thousands of commuters had been left in the lurch and faced a tough time travelling between Delhi and NCR cities like Gurgaon and Noida. A large number of office-goers preferred to work from home or take an off on Friday. “I didn’t expect that commuting would become such a huge hassle on Thursday. Though I managed to reach my office in Gurgaon, returning home was nothing short of a nightmare,” said Pankaj Sharma, a Lajpat Nagar resident. “I took leave from work today as commuting was not possible,” he added. Sameer Taneja, a Noida resident, said, “I had urgent work at office and had to come to Safdarjung Enclave, even though my other colleagues who live in the NCR worked from home. I somehow managed to reach New Ashok Nagar Metro Station on the Delhi border.” While trains services within Delhi operated normally on Friday, operations in the NCR cities were regulated since the morning based on a complex schedule devised by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Commuters from Delhi were able to go to the stations in the NCR, but were not able to return to the capital using the Metro. DMRC didn’t allow movement of passengers from NCR stations to Delhi till 5.35pm, when normal services resumed on all corridors. While services on all sections outside Delhi was regulated, the NCR sections of Magenta Line (Botanical Garden-Janakpuri West) and Green Line (Inderlok-Bahadurgarh) were shut. At Tikri border, where protesting farmers had gathered at the Delhi-Haryana border, many stations on the Delhi section of Green Line were closed as a precautionary measure. DMRC had tweeted that entry and exit gates of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Tikri Border, Tikri Kalan and Ghevra stations would remain closed.

The Times of India

2020-11-28

Delhi