Unlock 4 Guidelines: Kolkata Metro start date after lockdown delayed by a week

Unlock 4: Kolkata Metro may resume operations from September 14th, 2020. The decision in regard to Kolkata Metro start date after lockdown was taken at a meeting between senior Metro Railway officials and the West Bengal government on 3rd September 2020. The commercial services of the Kolkata Metro was stopped on 24th March 2020 following the lockdown across the nation.

Both the West Bengal state administration and Metro Rail officials said the modalities of implementing social-distancing norms and crowd management were discussed at the meeting. Another round of discussions will be held today i.e. 4th September 2020.

“The meeting was very fruitful and several significant issues, including crowd management, were discussed. However, more elaborate discussions are needed. So, we will again meet tomorrow,” said Indrani Banerjee, Metro Chief Public Relations Officer.

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“The state government and the Metro authorities will have further discussion with the focus being on finding better solutions to manage crowds at the gates of the stations,” she added.

The Union Home Ministry, in its Unlock-4 guidelines, has allowed Metro Railway services across India to resume from September 7 in a graded manner.

Earlier this week, the state government issued an order allowing the Metro railway services to resume from September 8. However, according to both the state government and the Metro administration, it is tough to restart full operations from September 8.