New Delhi, Jun 8 (Representative) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday fined 136 passengers for not wearing masks inside metro trains. ‘136 passengers were fined for not wearing masks during random checks inside trains by flying squads and 70 passengers were advised to get down from the coach for travelling in standing position. 126 passengers were also counselled to adhere to Covid appropriate behaviour inside metro premises properly,’ a DMRC spokesperson said.
To ensure compliance to Covid appropriate behaviour inside Metro premises, around 14 metro stations were intermittently closed briefly during morning and evening peak hours today. ‘Approximately passenger journeys performed till 8 pm today is around 5.22 lakh, in view of the drastically reduced capacity owing to the adherence to the guidelines issued by the Government on 5th June 2021,’ the spokesperson added.