Owing to the unexpected breakdown of power supply from Northern Power Grid, Metro services on all Lines remained suspended from 01:02 PM to 02:50 PM today.
To ensure the safety & security of its passengers, Delhi Metro immediately evacuated all passengers from trains (including 8 trains inside tunnel of Line-2) and stations. The passengers fully cooperated with DMRC staff and within an hour, entire Metro system was declared closed to avoid any inconvenience to the public.
The power supply was restored for Delhi Metro at 02:43 PM after which Delhi Metro services were again resumed on all lines at 02:50 PM with a frequency of ten minutes to begin with.
All trains have been inducted into services now as planned to cater to peak hour frequency of 2.5 minutes to 5 minutes on all Lines.
Centralized announcements were done from OCC informing public about the services.
Metro services are completely normal at present.
