The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC ) announced that gates at all stations across its network were now open. The Delhi Metro reopened entry and exit gates at 45 stations after a 25-hour closure on Saturday, imposed ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’s planned protest against chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, which was later thwarted.
“The entry and exit gates of all Metro Stations of the Delhi Metro network are now open. The Railways said that train services will run according to their regular schedules on Sunday, following cancellations and rescheduling on October 9-10.
The interchange facility at all the concerned Metro stations is also available,” the DMRC said. “Notwithstanding the solemn judicial mandate and the assurance recorded before the bench of the Chief Justice of India, the contemnors have consciously maintained a blanket shutdown across transit corridors, persisted with unwarranted train cancellations, and failed to issue or publicise advisories,” the plea said.
The Supreme Court will also hear a separate petition challenging the preventive detention of Opposition leaders, including four former chief ministers, and other individuals during Saturday’s protests in Delhi.
