Delhi Metro trains to run at 50% seating capacity; no standing commuters

Delhi Metro trains shall now run with only 50 per cent seating capacity with no provision for standing for commuters in view of the latest restrictions imposed by DDMA authorities due to rise in coronavirus cases, officials said on Tuesday.

DTC and other city buses shall also ply with only 50 per cent of the total seating capacity in view of the new norms, they said.

Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases following the emergence of the Omicron variant, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday declared a ‘yellow alert’ under which schools, colleges, cinemas and gyms shall be closed, shops dealing in non-essential items will open on odd-even basis, and metro trains and buses will run with 50 per cent of seating capacity in the city.