DMRC’s yellow line route to become operational from Sept 7, Blue line from Sep 9

Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line from Samaypur Badli to Huda City Centre will become operational from September 7, DMRC chief Mangu Singh said on Wednesday.

He also announced that only limited number of gates will be opened at each metro stations falling on this route.

“In phase 2, on 9th Sept we will start three more lines, Blue Line, Pink Line & Gurgaon Line”, he added.

Earlier in the day, Union minister Hardeep Puri had said that metro stations in COVID-19 containment zones to remain closed when services resume.

DMRC’s announcements are also in line with Union Minister Housing & Urban Affairs guidelines which have stated that this opening up of metro rail services in a graded and calibrated manner will need to be reviewed. If we find that resumption of operations is not resulting in social distancing, then, we might have no option but to review these arrangements.