Closure of Metro stations during protests affected lakhs: Govt

NEW DELHI: Closure of over half a dozen Metro stations during the massive protests against Nirbhaya's gang rape in December affected lakhs of passengers, the urban development ministry told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Passengers who use the Gurgaon, Badarpur and Dwarka lines had complained of harassment due to the shutdown of stations for six days.

The question on shutdown of Metro stations was raised by Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy, who was earlier minister of state for urban development. Replying to the query, his successor Deepa Dasmunsi said some Metro stations were closed in December as per "security advice" from Delhi Police.

Quoting figures of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the reply said the number of passengers affected was highest at 8.25 lakh on December 25, the day Rajiv Chowk, Barakhamba Road, Mandi House, Khan Market, Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Vihar, Race Course and Pragati Maidan were closed for commuters.

A similar exercise on four other days saw ridership falling by at least 3.6 lakh passengers while on December 31, at least 2.33 lakh passengers were affected.

This was not the first time when Delhi Police had put restrictions on the opening of Metro stations close to India Gate and Jantar Mantar, which have become the hub of protests. Similar steps were taken during anti-corruption protests by Anna Hazare and also under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal.

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