CO2 emission saved due to captive solar plant installed in depots and stations is about 14 million kilos of CO2.
Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) began commercial operations on November 29, four years ago for the citizens, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar flagged off the project. HMR managing director N.V.S. Reddy, who oversaw the planning and construction of the biggest public, private partnership mode project, gives an overview in this interview:
Number of passengers carried, kilometres run, fuel saved and carbondioxide emissions prevented till date
The cumulative ridership is approximately 20.8 crore and it ran for about 1.9 crore km so far. Fuel consumption saved is about 4.7 crore litres of fuel and corresponding CO2 emission saved due to saved fuel is approx. 110 million kilos. CO2 emission saved due to captive solar plant installed in depots and stations is about 14 million kilos of CO2.
Punctuality-frequency over the years
We started…