The Delhi Metro has become the world's first railway system to earn carbon credits from the United Nations for helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, news reports said Monday. The transport network had helped cut carbon dioxide emissions in the metropolis by 630,000 tons a year, the Hindu newspaper reported quoting Metro officials.
About 1.8 million people use the underground electricity-powered network every day. "The United Nations body administering the clean development mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol has certified that Delhi Metro has reduced emissions," a UN statement said.
"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 added. The Metro will receive 470 million rupees (9.5 million dollars) in carbon credits annually for the next seven years, and the sum will increase and with the number of passengers. The UN's Clean Development Mechanism allow nations to earn emissions-reduction credits and trade them with other countries.
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