<span style="color: #222222;">Smart Card usage among Delhi Metro commuters for their daily travel has witnessed a significant surge this year so far. Since January this year, around 78 percent of the Metro commuters are using the Smart Cards for Metro travel on regular basis which used to be around 70 percent in the Pre-Covid days.<br />'' <br />'' Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC said, 2020 also recorded 100 percent usage of Smart Cards for 3 to 4 months when the Metro Services were resumed after 169-days' complete shutdown in September 2020, and sale of tokens were strictly not allowed as a precautionary measure.<br />'' <br />'' In 2002, Delhi Metro became the first Metro rail in the world to introduce Contact less Smart Tokens and Contact less Smart Cards in place of paper tickets to travel in the Metro. DMRC said, currently, about 2.5 crore Metro smart cards are in circulation.<br />'' <br />''DMRC said, it intends to increase this figure substantially to a level similar to that of the other Metro systems like Singapore and Hong Kong where almost 100 percent of Metro users are relying on Smart Cards for their smooth and comfortable daily journey.</span>