Who funded Delhi Metro project?

Japan helped India build the Delhi metro rail. The Government of Japan financed around 60% of the project cost by way of a soft loan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Q. Which of these countries helped India financially, to build the Delhi metro?



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Deve Gowda and the Government of Delhi jointly set up a company called the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on 3 May 1995, with Elattuvalapil Sreedharan as the managing director. Sreedharan handed over the charge as managing director of DMRC to Mangu Singh on 31 December 2011.

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The foundation stone of the project was laid by Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, on 29 December 1972, and construction work started in 1973–74.

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Before the pandemic, the Delhi Metro posted operational profits (Rs 758 crore in 2019-20), but once its loan amount is factored in, it is in the red. As on March 31, 2022, the Delhi Metro repaid Rs 8,199 crore of its loan, of which Rs 4,002 crore was interest alone.

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Construction began in 1998, and the metro was operationalised on 24 December 2002 when then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the Red line of the metro from Shahdara to Tis Hazari.

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) was registered on 3rd May 1995 under the Companies Act, 1956 with equal equity participation of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and the Central Government to implement the dream of construction and operation of a world- class Mass Rapid ...

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It will also become the eighth largest Metro network in the world by joining the coveted 400km club, which includes the transit systems of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Moscow and London. NEW DELHI: Next year, Delhi Metro will complete 20 years of operations.

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The Delhi Metro has the largest network in the entire country.

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The Delhi Metro network consists of 10 colour-coded lines serving 256 stations with a total length of 350.42 kilometres (217.74 mi). It is the largest and busiest metro rail system in India, and the second oldest after the Kolkata Metro.

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The Delhi Metro railway's average daily earning crossed Rs. 1 crore in the month of September. According to a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation official, the daily earning shot up and crossed the one-crore mark in September, making it the most profitable month since the metro rail became operational on December 25, 2002.

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