#Kolkata: More than half of the state’s IT taluk offices remain closed on Saturday. Many private offices are also closed. So, although the number of commuters crossed the 30,000 mark on the East-West Metro in the first two days of the journey, it fell below 30,000. Saturday. Metro Rail is now doing daily calculations that Sealdah Metro Station has become operational. Is there a need for any change in service in the coming days? Will the journey be extended? Is the metro running on this route on Sundays? Metro Rail is preparing all its surveys based on the number of passengers. The number of passengers reported on Saturday shows that there were 29 thousand 182 passengers on the Green Line ie East-West Metro. There were 11 thousand 767 passengers from Sealdah.
Sector 5 to Salt Lake Stadium launched in February 2020. In the same year, Sealdah Metro Station has shown what the Metro which started till Phoolbagan could not do. As of Wednesday, the East-West Metro project had an average of 3,000 passengers. Which in no way conformed to this modern standard or infrastructure. Actually, from Monday to Saturday, the fleet of economic losses was increasing by running trains on this metro route. Finally Sealdah broke that drought. The total number of passengers in East West Metro project with passengers on Thursday, the first day of the journey was 31 thousand 37 and from Sealdah station there were 12681 passengers. On Friday that situation improved slightly. On Friday, 31883 passengers were on the East West Metro route and 12 thousand 818 passengers were traveling from Sealdah station.
Which is more than the first day in two ways and this is the smile on the face of metro officials. At present, in the current condition of the East West Metro project, Rs 6 is being spent while earning Rs 1. This huge difference in operating ratio has worried the Metro Rail officials, so the officials are well aware that not having passengers will not solve the problem, so they are smiling in the first two days of the journey. According to an official, the patient has been shifted from the ICCU to a normal bed. The number of passengers will not reduce the operating ratio to less than 6 in one fell swoop. But 3 or 4 can come down. If the metro is opened all the way, then the economic movement will be controlled. Eklavya Chakraborty, Chief Public Relations Officer, Metro Rail said, “There has been a 10-fold increase in passengers.
50 thousand is expected in the future. Over 30,000 passengers on weekdays. The good news is that there were more passengers on Saturdays than on holidays. As a result, there is no reason to worry.” According to East-West Metro sources, at present it takes Rs 6 to earn Re 1. This is not like the profit that Sealdah Metro will see on its face. But the burden of loss. Once the metro is opened in the entire route, the metro officials feel that the picture will be even more promising. With the start of Sealdah Metro from Sector 5, where the metro administration is seeing the light of hope, the number of vehicles by the number of passengers Drivers are disappointed. 100 trains will run from Sealdah to Sector V every day except Sunday. Metro officials are hopeful that East-Howrah will be included in the map of West Metro next year.
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