Noida: Commuters discovered travelling with out face masks within the Noida-Higher Noida metro rail community must pay a high quality of Rs 500 and people caught spitting must cough up Rs 100.
The companies of the Noida-Higher Noida Metro, also called the Aqua Line, are set to renew from Monday after a spot of 5 months with a number of anti-COVID precautions like commuters sustaining social distancing and having face cowl in place, the Noida Metro Rail Company (NMRC) mentioned on Saturday.
“Passengers discovered spitting inside metro stations, trains or some other metro premises must pay a high quality of Rs 100 for the primary time and Rs 500 for any subsequent incidence. Passengers discovered travelling with out masks within the metro trains, stations or some other metro premises must pay a high quality of Rs 500,” the NMRC mentioned in a press release.
“These penalties will probably be imposed strictly by the NMRC employees in order that commuters observe the rules and assist the NMRC in stopping the unfold of the coronavirus,” it added.
NMRC’s senior officers on Saturday held an in depth inspection of the whole Aqua Line to test the well being of the metro system and to keep away from any last-minute glitches in its operation.
The inspection was carried below the steering of NMRC Chief Working Officer Ravindra Saxena and different officers of the Operations, Electrical and Rolling Inventory crew, it acknowledged.
“All of the methods had been completely checked by officers. All of the officers travelled in a rail motor trolley to test the tracks and signalling from the Depot station in Higher Noida to Sector 51 Station in Noida,” the NMRC mentioned.
“They stopped at numerous stations on the best way and inspected every side associated to the functioning of the Metro trains and all its associated methods,” it added.
The inspection was additionally carried out to test the preparedness of the NMRC for starting metro companies after the lockdown of just about 5 months and to fill lapses, if any, and to test the elements associated to the implementation of the rules adopted by NMRC to stop the unfold of the coronavirus.