G-20 Summit Metro Stations Closed: The G-20 Summit is going to be held in Delhi from 8 to 10 next month. Delhi Police is engaged in foolproof preparations regarding this. Holidays have been announced in central government offices. In such a situation, Delhi Police is preparing some plans regarding the movement of Delhi Metro by making coordination with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Let’s know about it in detail.
The G-20 Summit is going to be held in Delhi next month from 8 to 10 September. Delhi Police is engaged in foolproof preparations regarding this. A complete road map has been prepared for how the movement of road, metro, bus and other vehicles will be possible. Delhi will move only on the basis of this road map. Although the Delhi government has already announced the holiday for its subordinate schools so that there is no overcrowding on the road. A holiday has been announced in the offices of the Central Government. In such a situation, Delhi Police is preparing some plans regarding the movement of Delhi Metro by making coordination with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Like the Delhi Police, a plan is being made on the changes to be made regarding the entry-exit of people at some selected metro stations, on which a decision can be taken soon. It is being discussed that all this is being done keeping in mind the strict security arrangements for foreign guests. As of now, no decision has been taken by DMRC regarding which stations should be kept closed for how long or not, nor has DMRC received any instructions from Delhi Police in this regard. However, there is discussion about closure of selected stations due to the passage of VVIP convoy for some time.
According to the information, during the G20 conference on behalf of the Delhi Police, the discussion of urging the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to close some selected metro stations for some time from 8 to 10 September is coming to the fore. . This will happen only during VVIP movement. Among these stations, Delhi Airport Station, Pragati Maidan, Rajiv Chowk, Sardar Patel Marg, Khan Market Station etc. are mentioned prominently. When News18 tried to know the reality from the Metro officials on the ongoing news and discussion regarding this, they said that no such proposal or instruction has been received from Delhi Police or other security agencies etc. If any such instructions are found, they will be followed completely.
Officials told that if any guidelines come even today regarding the closure or opening of entry-exit gates etc. of Delhi Metro, they are acted upon immediately. It doesn’t take much time. In this regard, official information is also sent on DMRC’s social media Twitter account. If something like this happens in future, information regarding this can be given to the passenger immediately from there. But till now no instructions have been received from Delhi Police regarding when and for how long any station should be closed or not.
On the other hand, the Delhi Traffic Police has imposed various restrictions in the New Delhi area. Under this, many types of restrictions including traffic will start from the night of 7th September. Overall, a mini lockdown like situation will prevail in New Delhi area on 8, 9 and 10 September. At the same time, it is said that Delhi Police is preparing to write a letter to Delhi Metro regarding closure of selected metro stations.
Apart from this, it has been advised to use the metro to go to the railway station and Delhi airport. Along with this, Delhi Police has also appealed to the people to minimize the use of private vehicles, this may cause them more problems, because at many places there will be route diversion and at some places it will be completely blocked. There will be restrictions. The police have also requested additional para military force for the metro unit. Metro services will not be disrupted, but commuters will not be able to enter or exit the affected stations for some time.
On the other hand, during the G-20 conference, a decision has also been taken to cancel 80 flights between 8 and 10 September. During this, the possibility of affecting a large number of flights is also being expressed.
