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Delhi Metro's total ridership since 2002 crosses Indian population

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today said its total ridership since 2002, when its operations started, had crossed 1.25 billion, which is more than the estimated total population of India.


India's census authorities have estimated that the country's population will be 1.20 billion in 2011, when the next census is due to be held.


A spokesman for DMRC said the Delhi Metro network had carried over 1.25 billion commuters


(1,27,80,58,892) till August 22, 2010 since 2002. He said it was a unique achievement for any urban mass transport system.


Currently, in Delhi Metro, over 100 trains are making more than 2,000 trips a day on a 125- kilometre long network carrying over 1.15 million commuters everyday.


After the completion of phase II, when the network will extend to almost 190 kilometres, more than two million commuters are expected to travel by the Metro everyday.


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