106 shuttle buses, 60 more Metro trips to combat air pollution in Delhi
The decision came during a high-level meeting Rai held with the officials on the implementation of GRAP-III restrictions in the city.
The decision came during a high-level meeting Rai held with the officials on the implementation of GRAP-III restrictions in the city.
The Delhi Metro customers will now be able to book their bike taxi rides from Delhi Metro’s official mobile app, DMRC Momentum (Delhi Sarthi 2.0) itself without the need to juggle between multiple apps.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday urged the public to choose public transport to reduce congestion and air pollution in the city.
Talking to The Statesman, an official from the DMRC said: "Services were delayed on the Delhi Metro's Yellow Line due to some technical issue which was developed in the train at Rajiv Chowk metro station."
"As a result, trains are running at restricted speed in this section resulting in bunching of trains," a DMRC spokesperson said here on Monday. However, normal train services are available on the rest of the section of Yellow Line.
According to a DMRC official, it has already completed 75 per cent of the drive in recent months by installing around one Lakh LED lights at these locations by replacing the conventional lights.
The DMRC said that to expedite work on the Pink Line stretches (Trilokpuri section), it has adopted a novel construction method by using steel girders instead of the conventional concrete ones
It has urged the Centre to revise Covid safety protocols to allow it to run with at least full seating capacity to make up for its revenue losses due to lockdown; city logs 141 fresh virus cases, 3 deaths.
“I travelled in Delhi Metro today to return back to the airport & reached in a very short span as compared to travel by road! Don’t know when will I be able to travel in Mumbai Metro 3 to the airport, looking at the things messed up by MVA on CarShed issues #Metro #Mumbai,” Fadnavis tweeted.
The Prime Minister was speaking after inaugurating the first-ever driverless Metro operations and launching the expansion of National Common Mobility Card to the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro via video conference.
