Delhi Metro authorities have a special special request for daily commuters. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi Metro authorities on Thursday issued a fresh appeal to commuters to stagger their travel in a day and cited that in some sections of the the network, occupancy is very high during peak hours.
Delhi Metro resumed full operations from September 12 and since then, people have broadly cooperated with the DMRC and have followed all new travel protocols, resulting in “line utilisation in the range of 9-10 lakhs in recent days”, which is as per the current expectations and social distancing requirements, the DMRC said in a statement.
“However, in recent days, it has been observed that certain sections of the metro network as given below are showing a trend where occupancy is touching 100 per cent-mark during morning and evening peak hours,” it said.
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