Fare collections dipped 6.5 times in 2020-21: GMRC
The annual report of Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) tabled in the Gujarat Assembly on March 3 showed that the Rs 4.42 lakh was earned as passenger fare by the company during the financial year 2020-21. This revenue earned from passenger movements is 6.5 times less compared to the earnings from first year of operations of the Ahmedabad metro which is plying on only 6.5 kilometers of the total 40-kilometer route in the city.
The annual report points out that the metro operations, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2019, remained suspended between April-August 2020 due to Covid lockdown and the restrictions that followed later.
