new delhi with services allowed to resume as part of the centres unlock 40 guidelines from september 7 delhi metro the countrys biggest and busiest network is all geared up to reopen on the 170th day of its shutdownaccording to the latest guidelines issued by the ministry of home affairs under unlock 40 delhi metro will be resuming its services for the public from september 7 2020 in a calibrated manner said anuj dayal executive director corporate communications delhi metro rail corporation dmrc further details on metros functioning and its usage by the general public will be shared once the detailed sop is issued by the centre he saidi am glad that metro has been permitted to start its operations from 7 sep in a phased manner sic chief minister arvind kejriwal tweeted on saturday kejriwal had recently urged the centre to allow metro operations to resume albeit in a graded manneryour ride however wont be the same anymore dmrc sources said it was likely that initially only government and psu employees or those engaged in essential services would be allowed during the peak hours train operation timings may also be curtailed according to sources dmrc and other metro operators in the country have been asked to discuss an sop earlier provided by mohua in a video conference on tuesdaythe number of commuters in trains will be slashed to ensure social distancing which is going to be the prime focus of dmrc and the central industrial security force cisf trains will also stop for longer durations at platforms to ensure that the passengers can maintain social distancing while boarding and deboarding this will result in longer travel durationsonly one entrance at most of the 242 stations will be kept open keeping in mind which entry point sees the highest rush extensive filtration of commuters through thermal scanning and regulation to avoid crowding inside the station will be carried out both at the entrance and insidea dmrc official said that the reopening would be challenging and there would be teething troubles along with enforcement dmrc will also carry out an extensive sensitisation campaign for the commuters to encourage selfregulation it has deputed 487 officers on special duty on two shifts at all stations just to keep a check on social distancing in case of any major defiance of norms entry to stations will be closed and a train may have to be halted tooa senior cisf official said that extra personnel might be used in the cctv control rooms to keep a tab on people not maintaining social distancing or not wearing masks on the station premises in addition to keeping a check on security cisfs quickreaction teams qrts are also likely to travel in the metro to enforce the norms he saidwe are still awaiting the exact guidelines but cisf is prepared to enforce them and we have been preparing for this for the last few months the cctv room will be alerting teams on the ground about people who