New Delhi - Metro services in the capital will begin an hour earlier from the normal start of 6 a.m. to facilitate the staff deputed for conducting the elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), an official here said.
"In order to facilitate the poll officers reach the polling stations on time, the Delhi Metro will start its services 5 a.m., which is one hour prior from the usual scheduled time 6 a.m.," a Metro official said Wednesday.
The civic body polls will have about 12,000 polling stations, which will be located in 2,700 buildings and 70,000 polling personnel will be deployed.
"The services on all six lines of the Delhi Metro will run with a frequency of 15 minutes till 6 a.m., after which it will run with a normal frequency throughout the day," the Metro official added.
| Other Articles: |
 |
Himachal Youth Congress re-poll April 19 (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Gurgaon shops, brace for 'girlcott' onslaught! (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
NCC to redefine training philosophy (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
BJP relases vision document for Delhi (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Strong tremors in Chennai (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Tremors in Kolkata, Metro services halted (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Major quake rattles Sumatra, tsunami alert in India (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Raman Singh defends government in wake of CAG report (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
A 8.9 magnitude quake rocks Sumatra (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Don't blame environment ministry for coal shortage: Natarajan (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Spring rain in Kashmir, farmers elated (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Dementia, a 'silent tsunami' (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
EU tax unacceptable in climate change talks: India (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Book Afreen's father for murder: NCPCR (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Blot on humanity, says twitterati on baby Afreen's death (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
India-Pak prisoners must be freed, says Khalil Chishty's brother (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Subramanian Swamy levels corruption charges against Chidambaram's son (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Baby Afreen dies of cardiac arrest (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
'I will enter politics but not join any party', says Milli Panda (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Pak scientist Khalil Chishty likely to be released from Ajmer jail today (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Maoists to release hostage in 'democratic' way, says Sabyasachi Panda (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is on fire, but do we care? (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Kerala prisons to go green (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
For Italian's release, fulfil promise: Maoists (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Amar Ujala scribe found dead in Srinagar (11th Apr, 2012) |
|
Jobs |
Blog |
Yellow Pages |
Games |
Jokes |
Chat |
e-Cards |
Astrology |
Articles |
Recipes |
Send Gifts
Today : Sunday - May 19, 2013, 10:00am (GMT+5.5)
