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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said it is \u201cvery sad\u201d that an important means of transport has become out of reach of common man, reacting to a report which claimed Delhi Metro is the second most unaffordable metro system in the world.<\/p>\n
The Centre for Science and Environment , in its report on Tuesday, said Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is the second most unaffordable metro system in the world in terms of percentage of income spent for using it while asserting Delhi Metro has received nearly 32 per cent less than the number of daily passengers it had hoped to serve this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the chief minister of Delhi, I feel very sad that such an important means of transport has become out of reach of common man,\u201d Kejriwal tweeted.
\n\u201cAll those who have given up metro are now contributing to Delhi\u2019s pollution by using road based transport,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
However, the Centre and the DMRC have rubbished the report as \u201cmisleading and falsification of facts\u201d, saying the study compares \u201cvery selected metros\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen metro was opened in the country, we thought it would become ride for the common man and lessen the burden of traffic but what has happened is quite the contrary,\u201d Gupta said.<\/p>\n
Despite knowing that the metro has been out of reach for many people, the BJP-led Central Government never bothered to reduce the fare but kept on increasing it, he alleged.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday the daily use products are out of reach for the common people. It is high time when the Centre must pay serious attention at the rising prices and reduce the fare of metro so that the projected figure of 2016 must be brought to reality,\u201d Gupta said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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