Delhi Metro Guidelines: DMRC notifies timings; exit from Rajiv Chowk Metro Station prohibited on New Year's Eve

Delhi Metro Railway Corporation has notified via Tweet on Friday that exit from Rajiv Chowk Metro Station will not be allowed from 9 PM onwards on New Year's Eve, December 31, to control the situation of overcrowding. Although, the entry of passengers will be allowed till the departure of the last train, mentioned DMRC. The passengers have been asked to plan their journey accordingly.

DMRC tweeted on Friday, “To ease overcrowding on New Year's Eve (31st December 2022), exit from Rajiv Chowk Metro Station will not be allowed from 9 PM onwards.”  

NEW YEAR EVE UPDATE

To ease overcrowding on New Year's Eve (31st December 2022), exit from Rajiv Chowk Metro Station will not be allowed from 9 PM onwards. However, entry of passengers will be allowed till the departure of the last train.

Kindly plan your journey accordingly. pic.twitter.com/XA8XBbZ5xR

— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें (@OfficialDMRC) December 30, 2022

Every year, a large number of revelers gather at the capital's center point - Connaught Place - on New Year’s Eve and this has in the past led to overcrowding and chaos at the nearest Rajiv Chowk metro station.

Even on other days, Rajiv Chowk is one of the busiest metro stations in Delhi as it is a transfer station between the Blue Line on the upper level, and the Yellow Line on the lowest underground level. Blue Line is considered as the busiest metro line in Delhi as it is the main metro corridor for this vast urban area and anyone who needs to go to Delhi or Gurugram has to travel via Botanical Garden, either continuing on the Blue Line, towards Mandi House, Rajiv Chowk, Karol Bagh and Dwarka.

Alongside, with the growing concern of Covid once again, DMRC has also encouraged passengers to follow Covid protocols during travel. Though no COVID-19 control-related instructions have been in place in Delhi at present, government authorities have advised people to take all precautions, like wearing a mask in crowded locations and public places, amid a surge in Coronavirus cases reported in many countries.