Gurgaon Rapid Metro daily ridership not even 10% of projected figures in DPRs

The daily ridership numbers of the Gurgaon Rapid Metro is not even 10 per cent of the figure projected while conceptualising it, an official report has shown leading a senior IAS officer in Haryana to demand a probe in the entire manner in which the project was planned and implemented.

Documents reveal that from October 23, 2019 till March 21, 2020, the Rapid Metro’s 11.7-km line operated for 151 days with a total ridership figure of 76,41,367. After that the Metro stopped operating due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. The Metro restarted operations from September 7, 2020 and till March 31, 2021 – for 206 days – it garnered a total ridership of 16,08,005. The total ridership figures for this 357-days period was 92,49,372.