Kolkata: Metro on Friday violated the 2 lakh sign at the Ridership for the first time after the service was continued on July 16, following the second covid break.
The last time the North-North Corridor, the city’s lifeline, reached this historical milestone during a pandemic on January 24, when the service number that runs was 240.
Carrier Clock 2,02,624 footsteps on Friday, with 220 services, in 22 days, in 22 days continue.
“The working day rides up quickly.
At this level, we must add more trains to maintain social distance,” said an official.
With bus services in the city have not normalized, the metro has become the main mode of going back and forth.
The state allows the metro to only operate for five days a week, with 50% commuter.
“This is also the cheapest.
Because fuel prices have reached the roof and taxi, normal and the app-cabs have turned too expensive,” said Ayan Sanyal, an executive who used a whole 32 km from the north of the north, from Dakshineswar to the Kavi Subhas station.
The Bally Resident said, “I paid Rs 25 just to cover the distance in just more than an hour.
With local trains suspended, I have an office that chases to reach offices in Karunamoyee outside Tollygunge when the metro fell for 61 days.
I faced pain The same for 176 days during last year’s national locking.
“When the Metro had continued service after last year’s lock on September 14, 2020, the Ridership was only around 20,000.
But after the second wave, high traffic from the beginning of the resumption, encouraged the authorities to add more trains to the 192 to 220 hours.
Ridership jumped from 1.2 lakh to 1.7 lakh in the first seven days.
Over the past week, it was 1.81,801 on Wednesday, 1.93,174 on Thursday and crossed the 2 lakh mark on Friday.
Metro Railway has run 104 special staff on Saturday, allowing emergency workers in various sectors to utilize this train.
Before Pandemic, Metro Ran 288 services from Monday to Friday.
Passengers are currently less than 50% of the daily calculation of 6.5Ekh.