New Delhi: Services on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line were delayed on Thursday (June 9, 2022) during morning rush hour after damage to overhead electrification wire, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said. Taking to its official Twitter account, DMRC informed that the delay in services occurred between Dwarka Sector 21 and Noida Electronic City/Vaishali metro stations.
Normal services resumed after a few hours, the DMRC said.
Providing an update on the Blue Line, Delhi Metro said the overhead electrification wire had been damaged due to flashover by an external object between Yamuna Bank and Indraprastha.
Normal services have resumed. https://t.co/dUrQfc5bRi
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें (@OfficialDMRC) June 9, 2022
Blue Line Update
There was damage to the electrification wire overhead due to flash over by an external object between Yamuna Bank and Indraprastha. Repair work is carried out on a war footing.
An update on restoration will be provided shortly. The inconvenience is regretted. pic.twitter.com/CpIpx5VGPa
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें (@OfficialDMRC) June 9, 2022
Earlier on Monday, services on Delhi’s Metro Blue Line were halted for nearly an hour and a half as services across the corridor were hit due to a technical glitch, officials said.
“Train services between Yamuna Bank and Indraprastha stations on the Blue Line have been affected from 6:35 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to undertake repair work on a broken contact wire (part of OHE or overhead equipment) on the Up Line (towards Dwarka) due to some external object (bird) hitting the OHE/train pantograph,” DMRC said in a statement.
Rail services between Yamuna Bank and Blue Line Indraprastha station were affected from 6.35pm to 8pm today to undertake repair work on a broken contact wire (part of OHE) on the UP line (in Dwarka direction) due to an external object (bird) hitting the OHE/train pantograph.
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें (@OfficialDMRC) June 6, 2022
Huge swarms of crowds were seen at several stations, especially at Indraprastha metro station.
Meanwhile, several people have taken to Twitter to criticize DMRC for the ongoing issues.
“You do the same thing on a daily basis. If you don’t manage the subway, why don’t you take serious action against a person concerned. Once in a while, everyone can understand, but it happens on a daily basis,” said writes a Twitter user to DMRC. .
You do the same everyday
If you don’t run the metro, why don’t you take serious action against the person concerned
Once in a while everyone can understand, but it happens daily— Deepak kutlehria (@Deepakkutlehri2) June 9, 2022
अब तो ये रोज रोज का ही हो गया है। विश्व की सबसे बड़ी मेट्रो नेटवर्क का ये हाल के हर 2 दिन में खराब हो है।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।। कभी ये भी विचार किया कीजिए जो पूरी तरह तरह मेट्रो पर निर्भर है वो जाए।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।। द्वारका से नोएडा इलेक्ट्रॉनिक सिटी जाने वाले यात्री कैसे जाएं।
— Chandrasekhar Kumar Sah (@cskumarsah) June 9, 2022
“It’s pathetic and frustrating, it’s now a normal culture in the Delhi metro,” said another.
@HardeepSPuri @ArvindKejriwal It’s pathetic and frustrating, it’s now a normal culture in the Delhi Metro. I don’t know what kind of precautions taken by Delhi Metro management.
— Avinash (@avinashprjapti) June 9, 2022
“Why there are so many delays due to TECHNICAL GLITCH. This does not happen in other countries, even with 2 minute delays, they publicly apologize and by this means our DMRC should rename itself SMRC (Sorry Metro Rail corporation) because there is TECHNICAL GLITCH daily,” one user wrote.
Why there are so many delays due to TECHNICAL GLITCH. This does not happen in other countries even with 2 minute delays they publicly apologize and by this means our DMRC should rename itself SMRC (Sorry Metro Rail coorporation) as there are TECHNICAL GLITCH daily
— Anshul Mathur (@AnshulM34125599) June 9, 2022
