New Delhi: In the wake of coronavirus epidemic, Delhi Metro services will remain closed from 10 am to 4 pm on Monday. It will again resume from 4 pm and will continue till 8 pm, said Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Parking at all metro stations will remain closed on Monday.

Services from 6 am till 8 am will be available at a frequency of 20 minutes, only for people involved in essential services like hospitals, police, fire department, among others. They will be allowed to enter metro stations on the producing their identification cards to the security personnel, according to the official said.

“Services from 10 am to 4 pm will not be available,” the official said. “However, all the trains, which started at 10 am from originating stations of all lines, will continue to run till they reach their destination stations,” the DMRC official said.

Services from 4-8 pm will again be available, but will cease after 8 pm onwards. However, the last train service starting at 8 pm from originating station will continue to run till it reaches its destination, he added.

“The objective of this staggered metro services plan is aimed at facilitating all stakeholders with effectiveness and to promote ‘social distancing’, which is very much required to contain spread of coronavirus,” DMRC said in its statement.

These modified timings are applicable only for 23 March.