Summary:
On July 26, with the new guidelines of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) in place, DTC recorded a total ridership of 15.2 lakh.
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The country has seen a decline in cases of covid 19 after the second wave and relaxations are been given to the citizens following the decline in cases, with 100% seating now allowed in Delhi Metro and buses, the number of passenger journeys in trains increased from 16 lakh on Sunday to around 22 lakh on Monday.
While Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) didn’t share the exact ridership figures, the increase in passenger journeys was 37.5%.
Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), too, saw an increase of 38% in ridership.
Data shared by DTC showed that its 3,760 buses had ferried more than 11 lakh passengers on July 19, the previous Monday.
The figure went up to 13.4 lakh on July 23.
On July 26, with the new guidelines of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) in place, DTC recorded a total ridership of 15.2 lakh.
The increase in revenue primarily earned through farebox collection was much higher (57%), with DTC earning more than Rs 1 crore on July 19.
Its earning per kilometre was Rs 20.88 and earning per bus Rs 3,450.
The revenue went up to Rs 1.37 crore on July 23 and earning per kilometre went up slightly to Rs 20.99 and earning per bus reached Rs 4,000.
On July 26, DTC had a total revenue of Rs 1.58 crore, earning per kilometre was Rs 24.04 and earning per bus Rs 4,611.
In a statement, DTC said there had been an improvement on all parameters, like ridership, earning per kilometre, earning per bus, etc with buses plying with full seating capacity.
Usually, buses carry 41 passengers with full seating capacity.
In pre-Covid times, the “crush capacity” of buses was between 70 and 80 passengers.