{"id":327565,"date":"2020-10-14T14:52:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=327565"},"modified":"2020-10-14T14:52:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:52:52","slug":"maharashtra-mumbai-metro-to-resume-operations-from-october-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/maharashtra-mumbai-metro-to-resume-operations-from-october-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra: Mumbai Metro to resume operations from October 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327566 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mumbai-metro-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/mumbai-metro-1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/mumbai-metro-1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/mumbai-metro-1-356x220.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>The Maharashtra government on Wednesday allowed resumption of Metro Rail services from October 15, in a graded manner as part of its \u201cMission Begin Again\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">After the announcement, the Mumbai Metro thanked the Maharashtra government for allowing metro operations and said it will resume operations from October 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c@MumMetro is thankful to Government of Maharashtra for allowing metro operations. We have already initiated safety inspections and trial runs, and are set to restart passenger operations from Monday, 19th October 2020, 8:30 am,\u201d it said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMumbai Metro One is ready to resume its services again. Following all safety and hygiene measures, we\u2019re ready to welcome our Metrokars back on Monday, Oct 19, 2020,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Moreover, the government and private libraries will also be allowed to resume, local weekly bazaars can also restart their operations and business-to-business exhibitions have also been permitted outside containment zones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">With an aim to reduce crowds, markets and shops will also be permitted to remain open for an additional two hours till 9 pm starting October 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">However, Schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions in the state remain closed for students and regular class activity till October 31.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maharashtra government on Wednesday allowed resumption of Metro Rail services from October 15, in a graded manner as part of its \u201cMission Begin Again\u201d. After the announcement, the Mumbai Metro thanked the Maharashtra government for allowing metro operations and said it will resume operations from October 19. \u201c@MumMetro is thankful to Government of Maharashtra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":327566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2100,2014,2026],"tags":[1467,13587],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327567,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327565\/revisions\/327567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/327566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}