Delhi Metro will run over 160 extra train trips on ‘Raksha Bandhan’, i.e. 2nd August 2012 (Thursday), and will deploy additional personnel to cater to the extra rush of commuters expected on that day.
Trains will be run at peak-hour frequency from 8:00 AM to 8.30 PM on Thursday and over 20 trains which are normally withdrawn from lines during off peak hours ( i.e, 12:30 PM to 04:30 PM) will be kept in service performing over 160 extra trips making a total of about 2900 trips on that day.
DMRC will also deploy more Customer Facilitation Agents (CFA) to help and guide commuters on 2nd August 2012. A total of 182 shifts of CFAs of 4 hours each have been arranged for this purpose at 93 Metro stations. The prominent stations to have extra CFA deployment are Dilshad Garden, Shahdara, Welcome, Seelampur, Shastri Park, Pitampura, Rohini East, Rohini West, Rithala, Jahangir Puri, Adarsh Nagar, GTB Nagar, Yamuna Bank, Uttam Nagar East, Nawada, Noida City Centre, Botanical Garden, Noida Sec-18, MG Road, HUDA City Centre, Sarita Vihar, Lajpat Nagr, Badarpur Peeragarhi, Nangloi, Mundka etc.
In addition, extra personnel will be deployed to handle the increased load on the ticketing system and the Metro ticketing staff on 93 stations will do 228 additional shifts of 4 hours each. The extra manpower will be deployed mainly at Dilshad Garden, Shahdara, Welcome, Rohini West, Tilak Nagar, Nawada, Uttam Nagar East, Yamuna Bank, Noida City Centre, Botanical Garden, Noida Sec-18, Moolchand, Govindpuri, Badarpur, Qutab Minar, Malviya Nagar, Saket, HUDA City Centre, Peeragarhi, Nangloi, Mundka etc.
The Delhi Metro normally witnesses greater rush of commuters on Raksha Bandhan Day. In 2011, around 17 lakh passengers traveled on Rakhi by the Metro. At present, the Delhi Metro ridership has already increased substantially as the Metro carried over 19 lakh passengers per day in July 2012 which is the maximum average ridership registered so far in any month.
