Delhi Metro services will begin operations only at 2 p.m. on Holi on 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 on 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 on 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.