New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) The Delhi Metro regulated passengers’ entry and exit at nine stations on Tuesday by shutting some gates for several hours in view of the farmers’ march towards the national capital.
The commuters were allowed to enter or exit these stations through other gates.
Official sources earlier in the day said the gates were shut as part of security arrangements as requested by the Delhi Police.
The stations where one or more gates were closed included Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House, Central Secretariat, Patel Chowk, Udyog Bhawan, Janpath, Barakhamba Road, Lok Kalyan Marg and Khan Market, a senior official said.
Later, around 8 pm, another senior official of the DMRC said, “All gates at these stations have been reopened.” One gate was closed at Khan Market station, officials earlier said, adding closure of these gates began at 7 am.
At Central Secretariat Metro station, a staffer said around 1 pm that gates no. 1, 2 and 5 were closed due to “security reasons” while gates no. 3 and 4 were functional.
A poster was put up near Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) kiosks leading to exit gates towards the Rail Bhawan roundabout.
A massive deployment of police and paramilitary personnel besides multi-layered barricading are in place to seal the national capital borders at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur to prevent the protesting farmers from entering the city during their march.
The Delhi Metro later also posted on X, informing passengers that a few gates might be closed as per security instructions The central Delhi has been put under a heavy security cover in view of the farmers’ protest, with personnel in anti-riot gears deployed strategically and metal and concrete barricades regulating access to several key roads, causing hardship to commuters. PTI KND KVK KVK
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