In 3 mths of resumption, Delhi Metro clocks 22% of 6-mn avg daily footfall

Nearly three months after it was opened to public after a five-month hiatus, Delhi Metro has managed to reach nearly a quarter of its pre-Covid daily footfall of 6 million.

On November 30, as many as 1.3-million riders travelled via the mass rapid transit network.

This may be a sign of significant improvement from the date of resumption of services, but it is just 22 per cent of the 6-million average daily ridership of Delhi Metro before the lockdown restrictions were imposed in March this year.

While the ridership has seen consistent increase since the services resumed on September 7,