The Delhi Metro has claimed that there was no curtailment or cancellation of train services on October 10, when multiple stations were shut and trains were stopped as preventive measure in view of the protests called by the Opposition and the Cockroach Janata Party.
“For the limited stations where passenger gates were regulated, other metro stations remained open to minimise inconvenience to the travelling public… Re-assessment and reduction in affected stations were pursuant to the court’s intervention,” added the affidavit. The entire metro network comprises 303 stations. Only 57 out of 303 stations were closed for entry and exit purposes, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said.
There was zero reduction in the total volume of metro operations, and no reduction in the number of train trips, the DMRC said in its reply to the Supreme Court. The low figure, it said, may be attributed to protest, which appears to have prompted commuters to refrain from travelling.
