On Thursday, a part of the Gokulpuri Metro Station, located on the Pink Line in the northeast region of Delhi, collapsed, resulting in multiple injuries, including one individual in critical condition. The incident occurred at around 11 am when a section of the boundary wall on the eastern side of the elevated platform, along with a part of the slab, fell onto the road below, as reported by a police official.
DMRC ARIDERSHIP ON NEW YEAR: The data showed that 49.16 lakh people used metro on January 1 last year, 23.66 lakh in 2022, 55.26 lakh in 2020 and 50.16 lakh in 2019. Among the six years, the lowest ridership of 18.07 lakh was recorded on January 1, 2021, the first New Year celebration post COVID-19 lockdown.
Hardeep Singh Puri: The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is hosting the 16th Urban Mobility India Conference and Exhibition in the national capital. Puri in his address also said that one crore passengers are riding metro systems per day in India, and added that he felt the number may grow in future.
Each ticket will note how much the ride has contributed to reducing carbon emissions by using the passenger’s travel distance to calculate the statistic.