NEW DELHI: There has been a significant rise in the percentage of Delhi Metro commuters who use smart cards since January vis-a-vis the figures during a pre-Covid time, the DMRC said on Sunday. Since January 2022, around 78 per cent of the metro commuters are using smart cards for travel on regular basis up from around 70 per cent in the pre-Covid days, it said in a statement.
COVID-19 pandemic outbreak was reported in Delhi in early March 2020 and initially token services were also suspended.
"It is noteworthy that the year 2020 also recorded 100 per cent usage of smart cards for 3-4 months when the metro services were resumed after 169-day complete shutdown in September 2020 and sale of tokens were strictly not allowed as a precautionary measure," the DMRC statement said.
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