Delhi Metro to begin operations at 2 p.m. on Holi

Delhi Metro services will begin operations only at 2 p.m. on Holi Thursday, an official said.

Services on the six Metro lines that connect various parts of the National Capital Region --
Dilshad Garden to Rithala, Jahangirpuri to HUDA City Centre, Noida City Centre to Dwarka Sec-21, Vaishali to Yamuna Bank, Inderlok to Mundka and Central Secretariat to Badarpur -- will not start operating till 2 p.m.

"Metro train services will start only at 2 p.m Thursday and will continue normally thereafter," Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal said in a statement.

Dayal added that the metro feeder bus services that ferry commuters to and from stations would not be available for the entire day Thursday.

Delhi Metro makes over 2,400 trips a day, covering about 70,000 km and carrying around 1.8 million passengers on working days.