Jaipur Metro uses its own electricity

Metro uses its own electricity by friction to complete 33 round trips per day

Jaipur metro is proving to be a successful self-sustaining unit in Jaipur. However, the 9 km run from Mansarovar to Chandpole is not fully stacked with commuters but it is slowly picking up. The break even is trying to be achieved by generation of its own electricity through friction. This makes the cost of the 33 trips per day almost free to the Metro. This will save about 20-lakh tone of electricity in a year. According to metro authorities, the more the running distance increases the more it will break even.

Metro produces electricity on slope-

·     When metro is on the slope, the regenerative brake system comes into action and the motor starts working like a generator. This produces electricity. This electricity automatically passes to the wires above and is transferred to the metro coming from behind.

·       The maximum slope is between Chandpole and Mansarovar route i.e. about 40%.

Metro is in loss right now but big profits are anticipated in future-

Jaipur metro is equipped to sustain around 1.30 lakh commuters per day. However, in present scenario around 32,000 commuters are travelling daily. This number was at 50,000 commuters in the first month. The average of two months is around 41,000 daily. Because of the difference in expected and present scenario of around 80,000 commuters, the metro is in loss at present.

According to C.S Jeengar, Director O & S, Metro is self sufficient in many ways. As the trips will increase, the electricity production will also increase. At present more than 5000 unit, electricity is being produced daily. By estimates, metro will save around twenty lakh units of electricity in a year.

Jaipur Metro uses its own electricity