24/03/2023
10 lesser-known facts about the Delhi Metro to mark the occasion.
1. The voices behind the Delhi Metro announcements are those of yesteryear Doordarshan news anchors Rini Simon Khanna in English and Shammi Narang in Hindi.
2. The deepest point of the Delhi Metro lies 45 metres below the Rajiv Chowk station.
3. Every year, the Delhi Metro carries 700 million passengers — greater than the population of the United States.
4. Meenakshi Sharma, Anjali Minz and Vibha Kumari were the first female train operators on the Delhi Metro. Now, there are many more.
5. The escalators at the metro stations have a ‘sari guard’ feature, which stops saris from getting tangled in them.
6. Delhi Metro trains always have an even number of coaches — four in the past and then six and eight.
8. As an environmental measure, the DMRC conducts rainwater harvesting along the route of the Blue Line.
9. There are no dustbins inside metro stations, except around some shops. Despite this, metro stations remain quite clean.
10. The United Nations has certified the DMRC as the first metro and rail-based system that gets carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It reduces about 6,24,000 tonnes of greenhouse emissions in Delhi every year.
