Kanpur: Saturday (Jan 29) marked the completion of a month of Kanpur Metro’s commercial operation.
On December 28 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated Kanpur Metro and afterwards, rising, together with the minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath.
In the first month, Kanpur Metro has received an extraordinary response from city people.
Close to four lakh passengers have risen in the first month of operation and this has helped Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) to collect revenue around Rs 80 Lakh.
While the highest passenger has reached a peak of 45,000 passengers on January 1.
, The average passenger is currently around 8,000 to 10,000 passengers per day.
The UPMRC was examined by the current number of passengers traveling by route nine kilometers.
At present, Metro Kanpur runs between IIT and Motijheel -A a distance of nine kilometers.
To manage the large invasion of passengers, UPMRC must bind their extra staff.
That’s the scene during the early days of the launch of Kanpur Metro.
Some people travel with Metro Kanpur every day.
That’s the scene when all the IIT and Motijheel corridors are part of – unfinished.
Without finishing, Kanpur Metro will walk between IIT and Naubasta which covers a distance of about 24 km.
The number of metro passengers will increase various times when the entire corridor becomes operational which might take two years from now.
At present, Kanpur Metro operates from 6am and 10 nights.
Three Metro trains operate in the elevated IIT-Motijheel corridor.
One Metro train has arrived in the city two days ago and is now being prepared at the Metro Depot in Gurudev Crossing.
Each Metro train has three trainers and the capacity to accommodate more than 900 passengers.