Admission season in Delhi University (DU) is boom time for Delhi Metro. It records a big jump in revenue as hundreds of students and their parents take the fast and convenient ride to the main north campus from across the city.


Anuj Dayal, spokesperson of the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC), said the month of June spells huge jump in passengers thanks to the rush in DU.
"The admissions in DU starts in June and ends only by mid July. This is one of the best periods for the DMRC. This month the rider ship has gone up by 100,000 per day,"

Normally an estimated 650,000 people travel by the metro everyday. But all through this month, the rider ship hovered around 750,000.
With the increase in commuters, the revenue collected by DMRC has also shot up.

"On an average A recording of an extra 50,000 footfalls per day in the metro, mostly along the Rajiv Chowk-Delhi University line. This has resulted in revenue being pushed up by Rs.1-2 million per day,"

So may be the students might not have gained so much by the admissions in D.U As compared to our metro that have gained a lot by making a huge increase in the revenue.. By the admission process in D.U

LOl interesting stuff Priyanka.

Well that's true that there are record number of footfalls during this time and the DU fest season.

Parents accompanying their children is one of the major reason for the increase. Plus people tend to go their groups as the tedious process is then turned into a fun time for them.

Well cheers to Metro for making traveling so easy and it's good that they are earning so much because even now the metro is going into losses if one compares the cost incurred in developing the infrastructure and getting the rails.Plus this is one mode of transportation which is always ready before time.

Cheers to Delhi Metro !!