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Singh also asked how can Delhi Metro be the second most unaffordable metro in the world, when there were other metros like Lucknow, Chennal and Kochi within the country that had higher fares than Delhi Metro. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that he felt “very sad” that the Delhi Metro had become out of reach of common man, reacting to a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report, which claimed that Delhi Metro was the second most unaffordable metro system in the world. As CM of Delhi, I feel v sad that such an important means of transport has become out of reach of common man. Kejriwal added that all those who had given up metro were contributing to Delhi’s pollution by using road-based transport. The other cities considered in the report were - Buenos Aires, Cairo, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kiev, Manila, Mexico City, Mumbai and New Delhi..