In his defense of the 100% fare hike in Delhi metro over the past 6 months, Mr Puri categorically states that “Drop in metro ridership can’t be linked to fare hike”. In his defense, Mr Puri reiterated the DMRC’s stance that metro ridership figures aren’t comparable month-to-month since there are seasonal variations. First, metro ridership patterns aren’t exactly comparable from one month to the next since seasonal and weather fluctuations affect travel demand (e.g. A better way therefore to calculate the change in ridership of Delhi Metro in October 2017 is to compare it with the daily ridership of October 2016, which is 27.2 lakhs. This tragic episode of Delhi metro’s steep fare hike and plunging ridership raises another important question.

Source: Indian Express November 29, 2017 03:56 UTC