Delhi Metro's Green Line Faces Delays Between Kirti Nagar and Brig. Hoshiar Singh Stations

Delhi: Commuters on the Green Line of the Delhi Metro faced delays in their journeys earlier today between Kirti Nagar/Inderlok and Brig. Hoshiar Singh stations. Passengers experienced inconvenience as services were disrupted along this stretch. The reason behind this disruption was not mentioned in the tweet posted by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on X.

DMRC posted the alert on X (formerly Twitter), notifying commuters that the line was facing delays. However, minutes after the post, they informed that normal services had been resumed.

In another news from Delhi Metro, a woman using a motorised wheelchair was stopped outside the check-in area of the Blue Line's Sector 16 metro station by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) employee and told to switch to a Delhi Metro wheelchair on Wednesday morning. This happened amidst concerns about bomb threats sent to schools via email.

Noida Woman Denied Entry
Anju Beniwal (42) was told she couldn't get on the train when she asked what to do if she arrived at her destination without her own wheelchair. "I'm not sure what would happen if I switched from my electric wheelchair to another one that DMRC provided after my metro trip was over. How would I go around if DMRC wouldn't provide me with a wheelchair outside the station?" asked Anju, who has polio.

Anju, who lives in Delhi's Mayur Vihar, was surprised that the CISF officers wouldn't let her inside since she has often used the same wheelchair on the metro. "This was the first time it had happened. For the past two years, I have been bringing my wheelchair onto the Delhi metro," Anju said. She was going to Bahadurgarh, Haryana, to see a doctor about a hand injury from an accident.

In the end, she had to take a taxi, which cost much more, to Bahadurgarh. "I arrived at Sector 16 around 11am, and I asked the CISF personnel to let me into the station for almost an hour, but he just wouldn't listen to me. This experience just broke me, even though I don't think dependence is acceptable. I was hoping someone would approach me outside the station and speak up for me, but nobody did. Even when I asked other local security officers for assistance, they turned me down as well," Anju said. She has been practicing at Noida Stadium for many years.

A senior CISF officer said that since e-bikes are not allowed in metro areas, the electric wheelchair's design, which makes it look like an e-bike, may have caused confusion.