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Delhi Metro is second-most unaffordable in the world, shows study

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The Centre for Science and Environment found that after last year’s fare revision, an average commuter spends 14% of their household income on metro travel.

Of nine metropolitan cities across the world that have operational metro systems that charge less than half-a-US dollar for a 10-km trip, the Delhi Metro is the second most costly,The Times of India quoted a study by the Centre for Science and Environment as saying. The Delhi Metro is second after the one in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The study found that after last year’s tariff revision, an average commuter in Delhi spends 14% of their household income on travelling by the metro. At least 30% of commuters spent as much as 19.5% of their income on daily commute. An unskilled daily wage labourer in Delhi has to spend an average of 8% of his income to travel by a non-AC bus, 14% for an AC bus, and 22% on the Delhi Metro.

At a two-day conclave on the state of urban transport systems around the world, experts of the research and advocacy group said ridership had dropped by approximately by 4.2 lakh passengers in 2018 as compared to the previous year, reported India Today.

While the average daily ridership projections made by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in 2016 stood at around 40 lakh for this year, it has only been around 27 lakh – 31.66% less than the projections.

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