Delhi: Outside Metro stations, queues and flummoxed passengers

Long queues were back at Metro stations, especially near business centres and residential areas, as the government imposed a fresh travel advisory.

New rules that came into effect on Wednesday allow Metro trains to operate at 50 per cent seating capacity, leading to long lines outside several stations, especially key ones like Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House and ITO.

Payal Sinha, a student who had to travel from Lakshmi Nagar to Karol Bagh, said, “This is being done to ensure less contact among people inside trains. But the exposure has only increased due to long queues outside the stations. So I don’t understand if it is of any use.”