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Newspaper report says railway network has reduced pollution levels in the Indian capital by 630,000 tonnes a year
The Delhi Metro has become the first railway system in the world to earn carbon credits from the United Nations for helping to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday.
According to the report, the railway network -- which became operational in 2002 -- has reduced pollution levels in the Indian capital by 630,000 tonnes a year as commuters have swapped cars, buses and motorcycles for the train.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will now receive around $9.5 million every year from the U.N., said the paper, adding that this could increase if passenger numbers rise about the current two million Delhi-ites who use the railway daily.
"The DMRC has helped in reducing emission of harmful gasses and the U.N. body under the Kyoto Protocol has certified this," the metro's spokesman Anuj Dayal, was reported as saying.
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