New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday announced that services across all its lines will commence at 4 a.m. on Independence Day to facilitate the movement of special guests and the general public, who will be attending the celebrations at the Red Fort.
An official statement said that in order to facilitate the movement of special guests, invitees, and the general public attending the Independence Day Celebration 2026 on Saturday, August 15, the DMRC will commence metro services from 4 a.m. from all terminal stations across its network.
Metro services will operate at a 30-minute frequency on all lines until the commencement of regular revenue services, as per the scheduled timetable for the day, DMRC said.
Further, to ensure seamless travel arrangements for special guests and bona fide invitees, the corporation has supplied 1,30,000 special pre-vended QR tickets to the Ministry of Defence. In addition, invitees carrying valid physical admit cards issued by the Ministry of Defence will be provided with special pre-vended QR tickets at designated metro stations to facilitate their travel, the statement said.
The Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, and Delhi Gate Metro stations are the nearest stations to the Red Fort, the venue of the Independence Day celebration. The cost of travel undertaken using these special QR tickets will be reimbursed to DMRC by the Ministry of Defence.
A day earlier, the DMRC had issued an advisory urging people across Delhi-NCR to refrain from flying kites near elevated Metro lines, warning that kite strings could become entangled with high-voltage overhead equipment (OHE) and disrupt train services or pose a serious safety risk.
The corporation reiterated that public cooperation is essential to ensure the safety of Metro passengers, staff and members of the public, while also helping maintain uninterrupted train services during the Independence Day period.
Meanwhile, a full dress rehearsal was held at the national capital’s historic Red Fort on Thursday ahead of the 80th Independence Day celebrations.
The rehearsals were conducted amid heightened security deployment in the national Capital as well as tight traffic arrangements.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort on August 15 is expected to draw large crowds and involve extensive restrictions on movement in the capital city.
–IANS
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