NEW DEHLI: Are you one of those who has felt traveling in the Delhi Metro is no longer a pleasant experience, irrespective of the time of the day? During peak hours, there are simply too many people wanting to enter even though the trains come at very short intervals. And during the non-peak hours, the frequency goes down so much that those who had decided to travel in some peace still have to jostle to get in and struggle for leg space inside the over-crowded coaches.

If this has indeed been your experience, help is at hand. According to a top source in the AAP-led Delhi government, at a meeting between them and Delhi Metro, it has been decided that come September 15, Delhi Metro would attempt to run at peak frequency at all times.

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The govt's reasoning is that when traveling becomes so tough, it actually dissuades travelers and forces several to give up on Metro and go back to their private vehicles, which is counter-productive.

When DMRC argued that it will result in a loss and that as per their calculations, the Metro must have a minimum number of standing passengers per square meter of space inside, the government brushed aside the argument and asked that this be done as a pilot for at least three months.

Delhi government opined that it will result in more people switching back to Metro, so the revenue would actually go up. However, in case there is still a gap, the government would look at ways of defraying it to some extent.

Delhi Metro is often referred to as the capital's lifeline, India's one of the handful of large infrastructure projects since independence that are world class. But increasingly one hears of poor quality and almost-impossible-to-get-in complaints. The government feels this step would make it more comfortable and attract more people to switch to using the metro. This, in turn, would result in lowering the pollution levels in the city too.