Pune Metro Work Remains Incomplete, Number Of Passengers Decreases
Pune, 17th March 2023: Metro service started in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad with great fanfare. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself gave the green flag to the Metro. However, the work of the first phase of the metro is still not finished. Due to this work, the problem of traffic congestion in the city is getting worse day by day, and it is seen that passengers have also turned their backs on the metro.
Metro passenger service in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities has been completed one year recently. The first phase of the metro consists of two lines of 33 km from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Station to Swargate Station (17 km) and Vanaz Station to Ramwadi Station (16 km).
Among them, the passenger service on the seven km route from PCMC Station to Phugewadi Station and on the five km route from Vanaz Station to Garware College Station was started on 6th March last year. However, even after a year, Metro has not been able to complete the extended passenger service.
Work on the first phase of Metro is underway in both cities. These roads have become narrow due to metro works. Because most of these roads are covered by metro works. Due to this, the problem of traffic congestion is taking a dire form. This is causing even more problems for drivers who are already suffering from the problem. Other government agencies, including the traffic police, are pointing the finger at the Metro for the city’s woes.
The statistics since the start of the metro, the number of passengers is decreasing instead of increasing. When the Metro started in March last year, the number of passengers on both lines was 5.14 lakh, in April it came to 2.23 lakh. In May, the number of passengers was 1.88 lakh, 1.23 lakh in June, and 80,000 in July.
In August, the number of metro passengers increased again to 2.02 lakh. It started to decline again and it reached 1.28 lakh in September, 1.13 lakh in October, 1.12 lakh in November, and one lakh in December. In January of the current year, the number of passengers reached one lakh and in February it reached 90,000.
Passengers on both lines: 19,78,160
Revenue on both lines: Rs 2,58,70,510
The average number of daily passengers of Metro: 5,000
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