New Delhi: Metro services on the Yellow Line of Delhi Metro were affected for around three hours amid the heavy rush for Raksha Bandhan on Sunday due to a technical glitch. The service were suspended between Huda City Centre and Qutub Minar stations reportedly due to a shortage of power supply.
Delay in the service had led to the build-up of a heavy rush and long queues at the metro stations. The Yellow Line connects north Delhi and Gurugram in Haryana.
The snag occurred due to a fault in the overhead electrification, the Delhi Metro said. The problem lasted for close to four hours. Several commuters took to Twitter to narrate the ordeal that they had to suffer due to the delay in Delhi Metro train services on Yellow Line on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
"Sir I am sitting from 2 hours at Chartterpur metro station but metro still not come, bad management by metro at festival. Ticket distribution system also very bad.no proper board for information," a commuter tweeted.
"Services were affected on the Yellow Line from 9.55 am to 12.40 pm," Delhi Metro Rail Corp said in a statement. It said the operations were affected between Chhatarpur in south Delhi and HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon.
In a statement on Saturday, the Delhi Metro had said it would run 598 extra trips on Sunday. Apart from Delhi Metro, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) had also announced that it will provide free rides to women in its buses on Sunday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
The facility would be available for woman passengers in normal and air-conditioned buses between 8 am and 10 pm on Sunday, DTC said in a statement.