On the eve of Holi, March 18, the services of Delhi Metro, including Rapid Metro and Airport Express Line and buses of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), will remain affected till 2.30 pm on all the routes.
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has said that the services will be resumed after 2 pm on March 18. "All the city bus services will remain suspended till 2 pm on Friday in view the Dulhendi festival", it said.
In an official statement, the DTC said, "In evening shift, bus services on some selected bus routes will be operated as per traffic requirement. Since the traffic load will be very less on this day, only 898 buses will be operated in the afternoon service", quoted as saying by the news agency PTI.
The announcement by DMRC
At present, the DMRC is dealing with operations and maintenance of 390 km of connectivity, consisting of around 286 metro stations.
On Tuesday, while making the announcement on Twitter, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation wrote, "On Holi (18th March 2022), metro services will not be available till 2:30 PM on all lines of Delhi Metro, including Rapid Metro/Airport Express Line. Services will thus start at 2:30 PM from terminal stations on all lines and will continue normally thereafter."