Use your Delhi Metro smart card to pay for bus travels in Delhi from August 24

You can now use your Delhi Metro Smart Cards to pay for bus rides in Delhi. According to Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is making this a possibility, thereby, making it easier for daily commuters. The service is expected to commence from August 24, 2018.
The common mobility card is finally coming into existence after a delay of five months, after Arvind Kejriwal announced the same in January this year. He then said that the cards would be launched in Delhi by April 1, 2018.

According to the new rule, passengers will have to hand their smart cards to the bus conductor, who will swipe the card and that will deduct the fare.
Kailash Gehlot said in a statement, “People will be able to use their metro cards in all buses of Delhi from August 24. I have directed officers to start advertisement campaigns so people are aware of the service. The common mobility card project is vital to integrate the city’s two biggest public transport systems.”

The chips are being procured from South Korea, and the supplies took a little time to reach Delhi. By the month of May, 2,000 chips had arrived, and 3,000 more arrived recently.

The new ruling will make travelling in Delhi hassle free, and help travellers in great numbers. Kejriwal had flagged off 250 buses that accepted metro cards back in January this year.