Delhi Metro has set a new record. Within 10 days of
registering its highest ever ridership, the Delhi Metro on Thursday set a new milestone: nearly 22 lakh commuters.
The Metro trains carried 21,95,999 passengers on Thursday, surpassing the 21,26,763 set July 23, a statement from Delhi Metro said, which adds that footfall has been rising in the last four months.
The company had set a target of 20 lakh for December.
From 17.33 lakh in April, it jumped to 19.07 lakh in July in the initial period, before touching over 21 lakh.
The
usually overcrowded Blue Line (Dwarka-Noida City Centre/Vaishali) recorded the maximum ridership of 847,022, followed by Yellow Line (Jahangirpuri-Huda City Centre) at 776,699 commuters on Wednesday.
The Red Line (Rithala-Dilshad Garden) took over three lakh passengers.
Normally, 20 trains are withdrawn during non-peak hours - 12.30 pm to 4.30 pm. But in view of the festival of Raksha Bandhan, these trains remain in service, said a Metro official.
The
dependence of the citizens on this mode of transport can be determined from the fact that thousands were grounded at metro stations earlier this week when the Northern power grid broke down.
Delhi Metro operates over 2,700 trips a day, covering about 70,000 km and carrying around 1.8 million passengers on week days.
With inputs from IANS
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