New Delhi: The Delhi Metro once again gave residents a reason to cheer when it became the world's first railway network to earn carbon credits from the United Nations for helping cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Accoring to a UN release, the transport system has helped reduce pollution levels in the city by 630,000 tonnes a year.
"Today about 18 lakh people travel in the Delhi Metro which is completely non-polluting and environment-friendly," the UN statement said.
"But for the Metro, these people would have travelled by cars, buses, two/three wheelers which would have resulted in GHG emission," it added.
"The United Nations Body administering the CDM under the Kyoto Protocol has certified that Delhi Metro has reduced emissions and no other Metro in the world could get the carbon credit for the above because of the very stringent requirement to provide conclusive documentary proof of reduction in emissions," it said.
