Delhi Metro in Preparation For Operations, Marking the Seats For Social Distancing

New Delhi : After the announcement of the commencement of rail service and the commencement of air service from Air India, Delhi Metro can also start operations in Lockdown 4. In Delhi Metro, passengers will have to follow social distancing. For this, marking is also being done on Metro seats at 264 stations of Delhi Metro to follow social distancing.

DMRC is working out a detailed cleaning & maintenance procedure in view of the pandemic. The exercise will be extremely exhaustive as it involves 264 stations over 2200 coaches and over 1100 escalators and 1000 lifts. Protocol for social distancing etc. are also being worked on. pic.twitter.com/Yky1raKR4P

— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) May 13, 2020

With this exercise of the metro, it seems that after the completion of these preparations, Delhi Metro’s operations can also be announced soon. At the same time, the technical and engineering department of Delhi Metro is also testing all kinds of operational activities including signal and track.

Delhi metro, which is called capital’s Lifeline, has been closed since the lockdown was implemented. Now that the lockdown is being relaxed and limited people are moving to offices, in view of the problems of the people, the Metro operations may be announced soon.

But before that, the Metro can start operating with the preparation of all kinds of measures including social distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Preparations have been started in this regard by Delhi Metro. Along with sanitizing the metro coaches, marking of seats is also being done.