The Delhi Metro is a regular for many Delhiites, as the service provides connectivity to the most extreme corners of the city, including its neighboring towns. However, connecting to Terminal 1 of IGI Airport was a distant dream. Not anymore though, as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation today inaugurated a new subway that connects the national capital’s domestic airport arrival terminal with the Magenta Line. The 130-metre-long subway is completely underground, and was inaugurated in the presence of Vikas Kumar, managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
A 130-metre long underground walkway providing connectivity between Terminal 1-IGI Domestic Airport Metro Station of Magenta Line and Arrival Terminal of Domestic Airport Terminal 1 of IGI Airport was thrown open to the public today. Vikas Kumar, MD/DMRC. pic.twitter.com/JJseC8WMAV— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I please wear a mask (@OfficialDMRC) January 4, 2023
A senior DMRC official said that each entry and exit of the metro has two escalators and two lifts along with a staircase. The lifts installed in the metro for the movement of passengers are more spacious than the normal lifts installed in the metro system and have a capacity to carry about 26 people. The metro has also been decorated with attractive artwork in line with DMRC’s efforts to portray the rich heritage of the region, the official said.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday removed two of its employees who were involved in unauthorized recharge and selling metro smart cards at subsidized rates to people outside the metro premises, officials said. DMRC officials caught two employees, one from DMRC and the other from an outsourced agency working as Customer Care (CC) operators at Qutub Minar Metro station, for unauthorized recharge and subsidized rates to people outside Metro. Engaged in selling smart cards. premises.
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An official said, “In view of the incident where metro smart cards were sold outside metro premises unauthorizedly, the public is advised to always buy smart cards from metro stations only. But at the station ticket/customer care counters are sold.” read the statement.
With inputs from agencies.