Delhi Metro The Boon For Delhities

Posted by Isha Farhad On June - 19 - 2009

Metro

The Delhi Metro, is a rapid transit system in the Indian city of Delhi that was built and is operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC).

For many years, India lagged behind the rest of the world in the field of urban public transport. This changed with the formation of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) in 1995, with the mandate to build a Metro system in the Indian capital New Delhi Construction began on 1 October 1998 and today the Metro system spreads across 65.1 km. The project has provided significant environmental and social benefits to the city. At present, Phase II of the project is being constructed. It is very ambitious because about 125 km have to be completed before the Commonwealth Games in October 2010.

Environmental and Social Benefits

Delhi Metro has provided significant environmental and social benefits to the city.

Passenger time saved
Fuel costs saved
Reduction in capital and operating costs of vehicles
Reduction in environmental damage
Time savings
Lower maintenance costs for infrastructure
Reduction in road accidents
Improvement in road traffic conditions
Help to reduce the global warming by saving the fuels

Spread of Metro Culture to other Indian Cities

The success of the Delhi Metro has encouraged other Indian cities to seriously attempt to introduce Metro systems. DMRC has also submitted Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for Metro systems in Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai. DPRs are being prepared for Pune and Ludhiana. In fact, work has already begun on the Bangalore and Hyderabad Metros.

Operational Profits from Day One

DMRC is carrying out property development activities to keep fares at a minimum. It has developed Delhi’s largest IT park, while shopping centres and kiosks are present at almost all Metro stations.

Latest Technology Used

It has also used the latest technology in the fields in the fields of signaling, telecommunications, rolling stock manufacturing, automatic fare collection system and traction and track technology.

There are plans to make the Delhi Metro Rail system more accessible to people by providing feeder buses to the stations. Also it has been planned that by 2010, when the Commonwealth Games come to India, the New Delhi Metro Rail system will not only cover most parts of Delhi but also cross the borders of Delhi joining NOIDA, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon.

So we believe that the greatest achievement of Delhi Metro is that it has given Indians the confidence to believe in themselves and trust that they can efficiently build the most challenging and technically complex projects. Really it’s a god gift to the people of Delhi.

Environmental and Social Benefits

Delhi Metro has provided significant environmental and social benefits to
the city.

   Passenger time saved
   Fuel costs saved
   Reduction in capital and operating costs of vehicles
   Reduction in environmental damage
   Time savings
   Lower maintenance costs for infrastructure
   Reduction in road accidents
   Improvement in road traffic conditions
   Help to reduce the global warming by saving the fuels

Spread of Metro Culture to other Indian Cities

The success of the Delhi Metro has encouraged other Indian cities to
seriously attempt to introduce Metro systems. DMRC has also submitted Detailed
Project Reports (DPRs) for Metro systems in Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai. DPRs are being prepared for Pune and Ludhiana. In fact, work has already begun on the Bangalore and Hyderabad Metros.

Operational Profits from Day One

DMRC is carrying out property development activities to
keep fares at a minimum. It has developed Delhi’s largest IT park, while
shopping centres and kiosks are present at almost all Metro stations.

Latest Technology Used
It has also used the latest technology in the fields in the fields of signaling, telecommunications, rolling stock manufacturing, automatic fare collection system and traction and track technology.

So we believe that the greatest achievement of Delhi Metro is that it has
given Indians the confidence to believe in themselves and trust that they
can efficiently build the most challenging and technically complex projects. Really it’s a god gift to the people of Delhi.