Entry and exit to several Delhi Metro stations will remain closed till 4 pm on Monday, October 12, as the city braces for more protest attempts by the Cockroach Janta Party and Opposition against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after a weekend of mass detentions.
“The situation will be reviewed by the security agencies and necessary updates will be shared accordingly.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said the entry and exit facilities of six stations will remain closed. Track all updates related to protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar here The DMRC said on X that interchange facilities will remain available at all the affected stations. However, interchange facility will remain available at all the concerned metro stations,” it further said.
Key stretches likely to be affected include Dhaula Kuan flyover, Mandi House, Jhandewalan, Panchkuian, Connaught Place , Patel Chowk, Lodhi Road flyover, Bhikaji Cama Place, Moti Bagh flyover, Ashoka Road, Jantar Mantar Road, Sansad Marg and Tolstoy Marg, among 30 identified traffic points, they said. Security arrangements are expected to remain heightened across Lutyens’ Delhi on Monday as well, in continuation to the weekend, with the Opposition calling for a march from Connaught Place to the Supreme Court to protest against Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
