Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi Metro restarts today, follow precautions against coronavirus

New Delhi, 7-Sep-2020

As the Delhi Metro resumed services today after over five months with curtailed operation of the Yellow Line, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed happiness but said there should be no negligence in following precautions against the coronavirus.
The Delhi Metro resumed services on Monday morning after being closed for over five months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The first line to be opened was the Yellow Line connecting Samaypur Badli and HUDA city centre in Gurgaon.
Taking to Twitter, Arvind Kejriwal said, "I am happy Metro [services] starts today. Metro has made good arrangements. We also do not have to show negligence in following the precautions." The Delhi Metro services resumed at 7 am with strict safety and social distancing measures in place. The first trains left from Samaypur Badli station to HUDA City Centre station and simultaneously from HUDA City Centre to Samaypur Badli, a senior official of DMRC said. The Home Ministry recently issued guidelines allowing metro services in the country to resume operations in a graded manner, following which the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said it would be done in three stages from September 7-12. Under stage one, Yellow Line or Line 2 and Rapid Metro were made operational with restricted service hours, a DMRC official said. Trains will operate in batches of four-hour each from 7 to 11 am in the morning and 4 to 8 pm in the evening in the first stage, officials said. Metro services in the NCR were halted on March 22 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The DMRC has appealed to people to use the rapid transport only if urgently needed.