Missing tokens cost Rs 5 cr to Delhi Metro

Delhi Metro has suffered a loss of over Rs 5 crore due to the lost tokens, which commuters don't deposit at the counter while exiting or lose them during their journey.

Union Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunsi told the Lok Sabha that Delhi Metro suffered loses of Rs 5.6 crore since 2009 due to lost or stolen tickets.

Though announcements are made regularly at stations that taking away tokens is a punishable offence, commuters continue to either carry them or lose them during their journey on Delhi Metro.

While 1.2 crore was lost in 2009-10, the figure grew to Rs 1.6 crore in 2010-11 and it further went up to Rs 1.8 crore from April 2011 to March 2012.