Parking lots to be shut, Metro will run (Lead)
August 12th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Parking lots at Delhi Metro stations will be shut for 24 hours from Sunday afternoon for security reasons related to Independence Day but Metro services will not be hit.
“The parking of vehicles will not be allowed in any station from 2 p.m. Aug 14 (Sunday) to 2 p.m Aug 15 (Monday),” a Metro official said.
“This has been decided in view of the security measures on the occasion of the independence day (Monday),” the official added.
But Metro services will run as usual from 6 a.m. There will be no disruption of service Aug 15.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has deployed additional men at Metro stations, a senior CISF officer told IANS.
“Frisking of passengers will be intensified prior to independence day,” the officer said.
- Parking lots of Metro to be closed - Aug 12, 2011
- Metro services to be normal on Independence Day - Aug 12, 2010
- Delhi on high alert for I-Day as terror threats persist - Aug 14, 2010
- Snag on Metro's Gurgaon line affects services, rectified (Lead) - Aug 19, 2011
- After Holi break, Metro service resumes (Lead, Superseding earlier story) - Mar 20, 2011
- 8,000 security personnel to guard I-Day celebrations - Aug 12, 2010
- Metro services to be curtailed on R-Day - Jan 23, 2012
- Republic Day: Security beefed up, traffic diversions announced - Jan 21, 2011
- Bomb scare at Delhi Metro station - Apr 14, 2011
- Three Metro stations shut for three hours - Aug 27, 2011
- After Holi break, Metro service resumes in Delhi - Mar 20, 2011
- Bomb threat at Delhi metro station - Jul 04, 2010
- Commuters stranded as snag hits Delhi Metro - Aug 18, 2011
- Metro services hit in Vaishali (Lead) - Jan 02, 2012
- Delhi Metro to begin operations at 2 p.m. on Holi - Mar 05, 2012
Tags: central industrial security, central industrial security force cisf, delhi metro, disruption, independence day, metro services, metro stations, New Delhi, parking lots, security force, security measures, security reasons, sunday afternoon