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Delhi Metro launches WhatsApp-based ticketing service, all you need to know

Through a dedicated WhatsApp chatbot that is available in both English and Hindi, commuters can now use the Delhi Metro by purchasing and using tickets that are generated directly on their phones

Delhi Metro launches WhatsApp-based ticketing service for Airport line

The report further stated that with the launch of this facility, commuters on the Airport Line will now be able to use WhatsApp chatbot-generated QR code-based tickets from their smartphones

DMRC sets up pulse polio booths at 18 metro stations; check list here

Earlier, Punjab and Haryana governments also launched a three-day polio immunisation campaign in their states

DMRC to operate Mumbai Metro's Line 3, city's first underground corridor

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) on Friday awarded Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Ltd the contract for operation and maintenance of Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro's line 3, the city's first fully underground corridor. The MMRC in a release said the contract was awarded for a period of 10 years, after an international competitive bidding process, in which the DMRC emerged as the lowest successful bidder. The DMRC will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the metro line, including management of operation control centre, depot control centre, stations, running trains, maintenance of trains and all metro systems infrastructure, and ensuring the safety of passengers, the release said. They will be governed by key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure clean, efficient and hustle-free services to Mumbaikars, it stated. Awarding the operation and maintenance contract was a significant milestone for the MMRC in making the line operations", the release said. The DMRC is

Signs of recovery: Delhi Metro regains 90% of pre-pandemic ridership levels

Operating under reduced capacity during the Covid-19 lockdowns, the Delhi metro is finally showing signs of recovering its former numbers through the addition of new stations and better connectivity

DMRC to get over 100 cops in plainclothes to monitor, prosecute offenders

The decision has been taken considering the increase in incidents of "public obscenity" inside metro compartments

HC directs DMRC to set up cardiac support facility at 3 metro stations

Delhi High Court has directed the city government and the DMRC to explore the possibility of installation of advanced cardiac life support facilities at the three major interchange stations in Kashmere Gate, Rajiv Chowk and Hauz Khas. A bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Saurabh Banerjee also asked the city government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to file a fresh status report before the next date of hearing. The high court, in 2018, initiated a PIL on its own on the requirement of basic life support systems at various public places. During the recent hearing, the counsel for the Delhi government submitted that it is in the midst of talks with the district authorities of Tis Hazari courts and Rouse Avenue courts to install the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) service on the premises. The government counsel further said it has provided three ACLS ambulances at the three major interchange metro stations -- Kashmere Gate, Rajiv Chowk and Hauz Khas -- as of now. T

DMRC to ramp up measures to keep a check on obscene behaviour in metro

The decision to take strict action comes following an uproar over some of the viral videos shot inside the train. On May 10, another one of the viral video showed a couple kissing inside the metro

DMRC has done good job in Delhi, but not as good in NCR cities: Official

Delhi Metro has done a "good job" in providing connectivity in the national capital, but "probably not as good" in the NCR cities such as Gurugram and Noida where people still face transport problems, a top official in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said on Wednesday. During his address at the 29th Foundation Day of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation at the Metro Bhawan here, Secretary, MoHUA, Manoj Joshi, also said that the DMRC can explore evolving a system where "proper source of funding" for it can be worked on. He, however, did not elaborate on it. Joshi, who is also the chairman of the DMRC, praised the urban transporter and said, it has "established new standards" in the domain of public transport, and is a matter of pride. The last three years have been very difficult for the DMRC, as it faced restrictions due to the Covid pandemic and an arbitration case. The DMRC, from a very healthy organisation which was repaying all its loans, making operational profits, went

DMRC remodels entry, exit points at Sarojini Nagar metro for greater ease

The entry and exit points at Delhi Metro's Sarojini Nagar station have been remodelled for greater ease of commuters, officials said on Sunday. The station falls on the Pink Line and is located near the busy market it is named after. The passenger movement at the Sarojini Nagar metro station has been remodelled with separate entry and exit points and additional automatic-fare-collection (AFC) gates to enhance the convenience of passengers since the station caters to a large number of people due to its proximity to the Sarojini Nagar market, a prominent shopping hub in the national capital, the DMRC said. As part of the remodelling initiative, Gate No.1 (west side) of the station, which is near the Sarojini Nagar market, has been designated only for commuters' entry. Earlier, this side had six AFC gates each for entry and exit, which have now been modified to 14 gates exclusively for the entry of passengers. This will ease the inflow of commuters and reduce the waiting time for entry

Glitch on metro's yellow line: The monkey business of Delhi's monkeys

On Thursday, three monkeys disrupted a section of DRMC's yellow line, bringing the focus back to a problem the city is trying to fight for 15 years

Delhi Metro Yellow line service delayed, commuters complain on Twitter

DMRC tweeted about the disrupted service in the Yellow Line, commuters were advised to take the Violet Line

DMRC is lowest bidder for operation, maintenance of Mumbai Metro Line-3

DMRC outbid French transport operator Keolis, likely to get 10-year contract

DMRC 'lowest bidder' to operate, maintain Mumbai Metro's Line 3: Officials

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has emerged as the "lowest bidder" to operate and maintain the 33.5-km Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro, officials said on Thursday. Mumbai Metro's proposed Line 3 will run from Aarey to Cuffe Parade, covering 27 stations. The process will pave the way for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to foray into a region much beyond the National Capital Region (NCR), if it gets the job. "The Mumbai Metro Line 3 is currently under construction under the MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority) and is expected to be operationalised in parts from the end of this year onwards," the DMRC said in a statement. Delhi Metro has emerged as the "lowest bidder to operate and maintain the 33.5-km Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro, from Aarey to Cuffe Parade covering a total of 27 stations, from the south of the western metropolis to the north", it said. DMRC outbid Keolis, a reputable public transport operator from France with experience functioning in various

DMRC writes to Centre on Reliance arbitral award high court order: Sources

Delhi Metro has asked the Centre and the city government for "further directions" on a Delhi High Court order that directed the two to help it pay dues of an arbitral award passed in favour of Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited, sources on Tuesday said. The DMRC sought directions in a letter dated March 28 addressed to the secretary, Union Ministry of Urban and Housing Affairs, and chief secretary, Delhi government, in separate copies, they said. DMRC officials, when contacted, did not comment on the issue. The Delhi High Court had on March 17 directed the Centre and the city government to attend to DMRC's request for extension of sovereign guarantees or subordinate debt to enable it to make payment of dues of an arbitral award passed in favour of DAMEPL, saying the governments cannot shirk from their liability to abide by judgements and decrees. The high court's verdict had come on an execution petition filed by Reliance Infrastructure-owned DAMEPL against the Delhi Metro

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Govt moves to end possibility of attachment of DMRC's assets in RInfra case

On March 17, the Delhi High Court handed down an order to ensure the payment of an arbitral award due for over five years

Arbitration award: DMRC urges SC for curative petition in DAMEPL matter

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has urged the Supreme Court to urgently take up its curative petition against the top court's 2021 order dismissing its plea that had sought a review of a verdict that upheld a 2017 arbitration award in favour of the Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL), a Reliance Infrastructure subsidiary, enforceable against it. Attorney General R Venkataramani told a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday that the DMRC's curative petition was pending before the apex court since August last year. He told the court that the matter needs to be considered urgently and referred to a March 17 verdict of the Delhi High Court that directed the Centre and the city government to attend to the DMRC's request for extension of sovereign guarantees or subordinate debt to enable it to make payment of the dues of an arbitral award passed in favour of the DAMEPL. The bench told Venkataramani that it will consider the matter soon. In Februar

DMRC seeks review of HC order on plea by DAMEPL in arbitral award case

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that attachment of its statutory expenses will result in immediate stoppage of the entire Metro network in the national capital

DMRC review petition against Reliance Infra to be heard on March 29

The order said that if permission is given to DMRC it should deposit the entire amount payable along with interest within a month