Mobile network vows to disappear from Delhi Metro by February

New Delhi : In a big relief for Delhi Metro commuters, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has agreed to install mobile network boosters in the tunnels and low network zones.

A DMRC official told Financial Express Online that the mobile network issues in the Delhi Metro will be rectified by the end of next month i.e. February.

Nearly 300 employees have been deployed to pace up the process. Boosters are being installed in underground metro stations, particularly on Delhi Metro’s Pink Line and Magenta Line, where most of the commuters face the mobile signal problem.

It has been experienced that underground metro stations are the ones which are affected with mobile network troubles, elevated metro stations does not face such crisis.

At present, the work is going on the fully underground stretch from Bhikaji Cama to Hazrat Nizamuddin, which falls on the Delhi Metro Pink Line. Also, the stretch between Kalkaji Mandir and Janakpuri West faces a similar issue on the Magenta Line.

The DMRC official said that on the basis of the survey carried out by TRAI, certain weak spots were identified. Thus, to improve the mobile network on those metro sections, signal boosters will be placed.