What is Benefit of Delhi Metro?

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The growing demand for public transport in mega cities has serious effects on urban ecosystems, especially due to the increased atmospheric pollution and changes in land use patterns. An ecologically sustainable urban transport system could be obtained by an appropriate mix of alternative modes of transport resulting in the use of environmentally friendly fuels and land use patterns. The introduction of CNG in certain vehicles and switching of some portion of the transport demand to the metro rail have resulted in a significant reduction of atmospheric pollution in Delhi.

The Delhi Metro provides multiple benefits: reduction in air pollution, time saving to passengers, reduction in accidents, reduction in traffic congestion and fuel savings. There are incremental benefits and costs to a number of economic agents: government, private transporters, passengers, general public and unskilled labour. The social cost-benefit analysis of Delhi Metro done in this paper tries to measure all these benefits and costs from Phase I and Phase II projects covering a total distance of 108 kms in Delhi.

Estimates of the social benefits and costs of the project are obtained using the recently estimated shadow prices of investment, foreign exchange and unskilled labour as well as the social time preference rate for the Indian economy for a study commissioned by the Planning Commission, Government of India and done at the Institute of Economic Growth.

The financial internal rate of return on investments in the Metro is estimated as 17 percent while the economic rate of return is 24 percent. Accounting for benefits from the reduction of urban air pollution due to the Metro has increased the economic rate of return by 1.4 percent.

There was a time when I used to wait for a DTC bus to show up at a bus stop for 20-30 minutes. Now compare that to hardly one or two minutes of waiting time for a metro.

what if you miss one? There's no tears spilled as the next is just a minute away!

at the risk of receiving flak, let me say that I seriously didn’t expect Delhi Metro to remain clean all this while.

Save Money: If you are a regular passenger of Delhi Metro, use Smart Card to make your travel cheaper as you will get 10% discount. And you will also get additional 10% discount on Sundays and National Holidays - 2nd October, 15th August and 26th January and on non-peak hours.

Easily Connected: As metro has total 8 lines, in which 2 lines are need to be operational completely and 2 lines are being extended; so Delhi is easily connected to Guargaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh, Gazhiabad and Faridabad in NCR region.

After all, this is India; and having a litter-free, non-paan-spit painted space is a rarity! So, definitely kudos to the administration for keeping it uber clean even after all these years. Pssst: Please pass on some of the cleanliness tips to the municipal corporations.

Save Time: You can save time by travelling from Delhi Metro. Instead of travelling by road from Delhi to Noida, which takes about 2 hours; metro can help you to reach to your destination in about 1 hour only. It saves you from huge traffic jams in the city.

Save Energy: It is hectic when you travel by own vehicle as you have to drive for a long. By using metro, you can avoid this and do extra work like using laptop, reading books, etc. in metro.

The Delhi Metro is not just beautiful but it is designed for maximum comfort and convenience. Also, the technological features like amazing frequency, regular announcements, automated doors and the likes were a world apart when they started. Truly "international" standards! 

Separate Coach & Seats: A full one coach is reserved for ladies in the Delhi Metro. And there seats reserves for ladies, differently-able and senior citizens in every coach.

Every now and then i see one or the other organisation opposing the metro. No doubt they entitled to their views, but do they ever see the benefits any metro brings to cities,(especillay the crowded ones like bangalore, mumbai etc) Let me quote a few points from PIB regarding the delhi metro, i am sure such benefits will accrue to bangalore also once the metro is complete.

Not only the metro, but even the Delhi Metro stations are class apart. Sure they are always crowded, but that’s just got to do with our population! Be it the gigantic multi level Rajiv Chowk station, or the INA station with its amazing display of handicrafts and paintings, the Delhi Metro stations are as swanky as the metro itself.

Avoid Warm & Cold Conditions: In summers, avoid the heat as metro is installed with air conditioners. And in winters, avoid cold conditions as metro coaches become warm.

Fuel cost saving
The annual saving on account of reduced fuel consumption will be Rs.180.89 crore in 2009, more than double from Rs.73.22 crore two years ago.

Neat and Clean: Metro coaches are neat and clean that prevent you from unhygienic conditions and air pollution. This scenario usually occurs if you travel from your own car or by bus.

Rememeber the time when commuting to places like Chandni Chowk or Kashmere Gate seemed like a mountainous task? The Delhi Metro has certainly reduced that task to a matter of 20 minutes. Voila!

Number of vehicles off the road
Since the Metro began operations in December 2002, there has been a progressive reduction in daily vehicle demand due to the people shifting to Metro for commuting.

In 2009, the Metro will take the daily share of 57,953 vehicles for all other modes of travel such as cars, buses, two-wheelers, auto-rickshaws, etc.

Wheel Chair Facility: For differently-able people, wheel chair is available at all metro stations with a guard, who will help you to board a metro and make you to reach your destination.

delhi metro save the time during travel.