Delhi Metro ridership now 76 per cent of pre-Covid figures, says DMRC chief

Delhi Metro has recovered around 76 per cent of pre-Covid ridership and hopes to achieve 100 per cent ridership in the coming months, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) MD Vikas Kumar said, adding that the ridership has improved since last week after schools and colleges reopened.

“It is not only Delhi Metro. Covid pandemic has impacted Metro services globally and almost all the Metro networks across the world still have a 20 per cent gap in bringing back ridership as compared to the pre-Covid period,” Kumar said during his first interaction with the media. “So, only around 80 per cent of ridership is back…but we are hopeful that things are getting normal so commuters will return to the Metro,” he added.