Delhi Metro services suspended till 2pm amid farmers’ protest: All you need to know

Delhi metro services to several areas of the national capital have been changed and will remain suspended till 2pm on Thursday. The decision has been taken in view of a planned protest by farmers against the new farm laws of the Centre. In a late evening statement, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said no metro services will be available from Anand Vihar to Vaishali and New Ashok Nagar to Noida City Centre during this period. The metro services will also be suspended between Sultanpur and Guru Dronacharya metro stations. 

"Line-1: Regular services from Rithala to Dilshad Garden and Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar to Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda sections. No services will be available between Dilshad Garden to Major Mohit Sharma Rajender Nagar section of this line during this period," read the circular. 

"Line-2: Regular services from Samaypur Badli to Sultanpur & Guru Dronacharya to HUDA City Centre sections. No services will be available between Sultanpur to Guru Dronacharya section of this line during this period," it added. 

"Line-3/4: Regular services from Dwarka Sec-21 to Anand Vihar/New Ashok Nagar & Noida City Centre to Noida Electronic City sections. No services will be available from Anand Vihar to Vaishali and New Ashok Nagar to Noida City Centre sections of this line during this period," added the circular. 

"Line-5: Regular services from Kirti Nagar/Inderlok to Tikri Kalan section. No services will be available from Tikri Kalan to Brig. Hoshiar Singh section of this line during this period. Line-6: Regular services from Kashmere Gate to Badarpur Border and Mewala Maharajpur to Raja Nahar Singh sections. No services from Badarpur Border to Mewala Maharajpur section of this line during this period," it also read. 

It added that regular services will remain available in the entire section of Line-7, Line-9, Airport and Rapid Metro Lines during this period. 

However, regular metro services will remain available in the entire section of Airport and Rapid Metro lines during the period. "After 2 pm on Thursday, train services will resume on all Lines from end to end without loops regularly," it added.