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New Delhi:  There is good news for students and elderly commuters travelling in Metro, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will provide Concessional Passes to them. According to the recommendations of the Fare Fixation Committee of Delhi Metro, the increase in rent in January 2019 will no longer be increased. Not only this, there is also preparation to give concessional passes to the students and the elderly who travel in the metro. Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that if the revenue of the metro is good then I do not think there is a need to increase the rent next year. On Monday, he had come to meet the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with a metro building from South Campus for a flagship section of 8.10 km of Lajpat Nagar. Hardeep Singh Puri said that when he took over as the minister, the first Metro fare determination committee was formed. Since the rent was not increased for 9 years, the maximum fare was increased simultaneously. He said that passeng...

New Delhi: Delhi Metro aim was to provide facility to commuters with affordable prices. From last few months Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is continuously increasing fare by which its main motive of public services remain just for the name. Fare hikes need to be done for the maintenance of metro, statement given by Union Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Sing Puri, but the reason behind it is completely different. Delhi Metro has always remain silent when it comes to fare hike, employees salary issue, Rs 4000 crore scam on Airport Line project, Khyber Pass depot land scam, property business scam, poor infrastructure in Mundka staff quarters etc. Recentally   Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has demanded a CBI inquiry, in the airport metro rail line reason behind its termination of the concession agreement of Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd (DAMEPL). There is no report for Rs 4000 crore which was allotted for this line. Actually there was a loopholes in the bas...