BREAKING: No EXIT from Delhi's Rajiv Chowk metro station after 9 PM on Dec 31 | Deets here

New Delhi: The exit gates at Rajiv Chowk Metro station on Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line will be closed on New Year’s Eve, December 31, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said on Saturday. The restrictions will come under force from 9pm onwards in order to ease overcrowding in Connaught Place. The DMRC issued an advisory on X.

“As advised by the police authorities, to ease overcrowding on New Year's Eve (31st December 2023), EXIT from Rajiv Chowk Metro station will NOT be allowed from 9PM onwards. However, entry of passengers will be allowed till departure of last train from Rajiv Chowk Metro station”, the advisory read . 

“Commuters are requested to plan their journey accordingly. Metro services on rest of the metro network will continue to remain available as per regular time table” the advisory  further read. However, entry at the metro station will be permitted till the departure of the last train from the station on the same day. Meanwhile, metro services on the rest of the network will continue to remain available as per the regular timetable, it said.