NEW DELHI: As Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) managing director Mangu Singh prepares to hang up his boots after steering the organisation for more than a decade and through the worst pandemic in 100 years, the mass transit system’s ridership is now closest to pre-Covid levels.
“We have up to 70% of our pre-Covid ridership,” the 66-year-old Singh said in an interview Monday. From 56-57 lakh ‘passenger trips’ before the outbreak, the figure now stands at 42 lakh on weekdays, he said, adding, “We hope the moment school and colleges open, we will see a jump of 5 to 6 lakh.”
