Delhi's Rajiv Chowk metro station witnesses long queues amid spike in COVID-19 cases
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Delhi’s Rajiv Chowk metro station witnesses long queues amid spike in COVID-19 cases

Delhi: The Delhi Metro’s Rajiv Chowk station on Sunday (November 8, 2020) witnessed lengthy queues exterior the station as dozens of individuals lined up for his or her turns to bear the thermal screening and hand sanitisation on the entry and frisking factors of the station.

The nationwide capital which is already going by way of the third wave of coronavirus, noticed a number of folks queuing up exterior the station that’s notoriously overcrowded as it’s the closest metro cease that connects with well-known areas like Connaught Place, Jantar Mantar and Janpath. 

The Delhi Metro resumed its full-fledged operations from September after virtually six months of COVID-19 halt and the lengthy queues had been as a result of new guidelines that want each passenger to bear thermal screening and hand sanitisation on the entry level of stations.

Since the resumption, the trains additionally halt for few additional seconds to make sure folks board and deboard easily in adherence to social distancing norms.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had resumed operations with new norms of social distancing attributable to coronavirus outbreak and has considerably diminished the variety of individuals to be carried in a practice (occupancy). The DMRC determined it to be round one-fifth of the sooner capability to make sure social distancing.  

For the protected travels of passengers, the DMRC additionally launched peak hour frequency of trains from Eight AM to eight PM, removing the idea of off-peak hours from 11 AM to Four PM the place companies had been obtainable with fewer trains earlier. 

In addition, the general public was additionally suggested to keep away from pointless journey so far as potential and stagger journey timings for workplace, dwelling or different works to the extent potential to ‘Break the Peak’ for their very own comfort.

This is to be famous that the Delhi Metro operates 389 km of Metro community with 285 stations in Delhi-NCR together with Rapid Metro in Gurugram and Aqua Line of Noida-Greater Noida Metro. 

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, the general passenger journeys carried out in a day had been round 60 lakh.

The coronavirus scenario within the nationwide capital can also be alarming as folks have began experiencing the third wave of the virus unfold. On Saturday, Delhi recorded 6,953 recent coronavirus circumstances and 79 deaths. As per officers, the variety of fatalities recorded on Saturday is the best within the final 4 months.

The whole coronavirus tally in Delhi now stands at 4.three lakh with the positivity fee at 12.11 per cent, based on the newest well being bulletin.

Notably, Delhi recorded over 7,000 COVID-19 circumstances for the primary time on Friday. 

 

Also learn | Air high quality stays extreme as AQI crosses 450-mark in Delhi, 542 in Noida

 

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