Metro, DTC bus services will be curtailed, some stations to be shut
NEWDELHI: Metro services will be partially curtailed as part of the security arrangements on Thursday. The routes of DTC buses have also been changed.
According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, the entry and exit at Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan Metro stations will remain closed from 6am till 12 noon. At Patel Chowk and Lok Kalyan Marg (erstwhile Race Course) Metro stations, entry and exit will remain closed from 8.45am to 12 noon.
“The Central Secretariat station will only be used for interchange of passengers between Line 2 (HUDA City Centre to Samaipur Badli) and Line 6 (Faridabad to ITO). On Line 3 (Dwarka Sector 2 to Noida City Centre) and Line 4 (Vaishali to Yamuna Bank), train services will be stopped at Mandi House and Pragati Maidan Metro stations during the period when parade passes under Tilak Bridge,” said a DMRC spokesperson.
During this time, trains will run in three short loops — Noida City Centre to Indraprastha, Vaishali to Yamuna Bank and Dwarka Sector 21 to Barakhamba Road. The ITO station will also remain closed from 9.30am to 12 noon. During this period, all train services of the Violet Line will terminate at Mandi House.
All Metro parking lots will remain closed till 2pm.
Routes of DTC have also been altered. Buses coming from Shanti Path bound for Connaught Circus/New Delhi Railway Station will run via Panchsheel Marg, Simon Bolivar Marg, Upper Ridge Road, Shankar Road roundabout, Park Street, Mandir Marg, Panchkuian Road, Connaught Circus. Return journey will be via Bhagat Singh Marg and Peshwa Road.
Buses from Africa Avenue-Vinay Marg bound to Connaught Circus/New Delhi Station and further will run via Panchsheel Marg, Simon Bolivar Marg, Upper Ridge Road, Shankar Road roundabout, Park Street, Mandir Marg, Panchkuian Road. NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the work his government has done in the field of health and education in the last two years has been “revolutionary” and suggested that the Centre and other states could follow their model of progress.
The CM highlighted the AAP’s “good governance” during his speech at the state Republic Day function at Chhatrasal Stadium .
“When our government was formed in Delhi, we focused on education and health. In the first budget, we doubled education funds besides increasing health budget by one-and-a-half times.
“Some people criticised the government for spending too much on health and education, but I don’t consider it as expenditure. It is an investment,” he said while addressing the gathering of government schoolchildren, officials and contingents of Delhi Police, Delhi Fire Service, Home Guards, who participated in the parade.
According to him, if the populace is educated and healthy, the country will progress swiftly.
“I want to send a message on the occasion of Republic Day that if Centre and all state governments today vow to focus on education and health, our country will make great strides. Although there are best private schools and hospitals here, providing quality education and healthcare facilities is also the responsibility of the government,” he said.
The chief minister also informed that the Delhi government is setting up 1,000 mohalla clinics and 122 poly clinics across the city to provide quality health facilities to people.
“We are in the process of ensuring that there is medical care within 2-3km of every resident. We have constructed around 10,000 rooms in schools to decongest classrooms and also sent teachers and principals of government schools to IIMs and abroad for better training. We didn’t allow private schools to increase fees and let education turn into a business. However, there are several things we are yet to do and I very sure we will go a long way and succeed,” Kejriwal said.