NEW DELHI : The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) closed gates of 19 metro stations in view of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act but opened five of them later on. Entry and exit gates of Delhi Gate and Janpath are closed. Trains will not be halting at Barakhamba metro station.

DMRC tweeted that all entry and exit gates of Rajiv Chowk, Vishwavidyalaya, Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan and Lok Kalyan Marg are now open.

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All entry & exit gates of Rajiv Chowk are open. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

"Entry and exit gates of Delhi Gate are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station," DMRC tweeted.

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Entry & exit gates of Janpath are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

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Entry & exit gates of Barakhamba are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

Entry and exit gates of ITO, Pragati Maidan, Khan Market, Vasant Vihar and Mandi House are closed. DMRC informed about the closure of these metro stations in a tweet.

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Entry & exit gates of Vasant Vihar and Mandi House are closed. Interchange facility is available at Mandi House. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

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Entry & exit gates of Central Secretariat are closed. However, interchange facility is available at this station. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

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Entry & exit gates of Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan and Khan Market are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

Earlier, entry and exit gates of seven metro stations were closed today in view of Citizenship Act protest. "Entry and exit gates of Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Vishwavidyalaya are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations," the DMRC tweeted.

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Entry & exit gates of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh and Munirka are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

Gates of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh and Munirka were also closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations.

"Entry and exit gates of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh and Munirka are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations," DMRC further tweeted.

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Entry & exit gates of Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Vishwavidyalaya are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 19, 2019

These stations are on the magenta and yellow lines of Delhi Metro.

Meanwhile, Road No. 13A between Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj is closed for traffic movement due to public agitation over Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), said the Delhi Traffic Police. People coming from Noida, Uttar Pradesh have been advised to take the Delhi Noida Direct (DND) Flyway or Akshardham road to reach Delhi.

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Road No. 13A between Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj is closed for traffic movement. People coming from Noida are advised to take DND or Akshardham to reach Delhi. — Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) December 19, 2019

Similarly people going to Noida from Mathura road are advised to take ashram chowk ,DND or Noida link road. Okhla underpass going towards Kalindi Kunj is also closed for traffic movement. — Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) December 18, 2019

The Parliament had passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 last week and it became an act after receiving assent from President Ram Nath Kovind. Since then, protests have erupted in various regions of the country, including the North East over the amended citizenship law.

On Sunday, a violent clash had erupted between the Delhi Police and students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University, leaving several injured.

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