At 78.67 lakh, Delhi Metro records highest-ever daily ridership on November 18

Amid the terrible contamination gripping the nationalist capital, Delhi Metro recorded its highest-ever regular ridership connected November 18, with a staggering 78.67 lakh rider journeys, according to authoritative data.

This fig exceeded the erstwhile precocious of 77.49 lakh passengers connected August 20 of this year, the information said. On November 18, the Yellow Line, which connects Millennium City Centre successful Gurugram to Samaypur Badli successful Delhi, saw the highest rider traffic, with a grounds 20.99 lakh commuters.

The Blue Line followed intimately with 20.80 lakh passengers, portion the Red Line recorded 8.56 lakh commuters, 8.15 lakh successful Pink Line and 7.93 lakh successful Violet Line. The Magenta Line saw 6.19 lakh passengers, followed by the Green Line with 4.12 lakh commuters, 81,985 successful Airport Line, 57,701 successful Rapid Metro, and 50,128, successful the Grey Line, arsenic per the data.

Thick grey haze continued to choke Delhi for the 3rd consecutive time connected Tuesday, with contamination levels remaining alarmingly precocious astatine 488 successful the ‘severe plus' category.

To promote much radical to usage the metro successful this scenario, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is moving 60 other trips connected weekdays, offering much capableness than usual, an authoritative connection said.

The DMRC has recorded its 25 highest rider journeys since August this year, the connection added. It emphasised that the much radical opt for the metro implicit backstage vehicles, the greater the simplification successful vehicular emissions, which volition assistance amended the aerial prime of the metropolis and its surrounding areas.

In addition, the DMRC has introduced respective measures to marque question much convenient for passengers, the connection read. These see the quality to publication azygous oregon aggregate travel tickets done assorted integer platforms, allowing passengers to program their journeys anytime and anyplace without the request to basal successful queues astatine the station.

Furthermore, partnerships with organisations specified arsenic IRCTC, NCRTC, ITPO, and others person made it easier for radical to not lone question by metro but besides entree interconnected question options, on with assorted offers and events, each with seamless ease, the connection said.

The DMRC besides stated that it is 1 of the astir environmentally affable transport options and the archetypal metro strategy successful the satellite to beryllium registered for c credits with the United Nations for its biology measures.