Metro ride is Delhi is second-most unaffordable in the world, according to a study. A study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that after the fare hike last year, Delhi metro has become the second-most unaffodable service in the world among the cities that charge less than half a US dollar for a trip.
"Of nine metropolitan cities across the world where the cost for a 10-km trip is less than half-a-US dollar, the Delhi Metro remains the second-most unaffordable system in terms of percentage of income spent for using it," CSE study said.
As per the calculation, the study says that commuters in Delhi spend about 14 per cent of their income on Metro rides that is lower only to 25 per cent spent by commuters in Hanoi, Vietnam.
According to the study, an unskilled daily-wage labourer in Delhi spends an average 8 per cent of his income by travelling on a non-AC bus, 14 per cent for an AC bus and 22 per cent on the Delhi Metro.
However, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has rejected the findings saying that the study is selective and has only compared smaller Metro networks.
The study also found that the ridership has also dropped 32 per cent in comparison to the numbers it had hoped to serve this year due to fare hikes last year. The study said the ridership dropped approximately by 4.2 lakh passengers in 2018 as compared to the previous year.
While the average daily ridership projections made by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in 2016 stood at around 40 lakh for this year, it has been only around 27 lakh -- 31.66 per cent less than the projections, the study said.
(Inputs from PTI)
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