Delhi Metro has launched a smartcard recharge facility at the BC networks of ICICI Bank in the capital. These outlets, now numbering around 800 will facilitate the smartcard holders to recharge their cards by sending an SMS – METROPin Code – to a telephone number. The customer needs to provide the smartcard number, the recharge amount (minimum Rs 100; maximum Rs 3,000) and the mobile number to the agent at the outlet who would initiate the request. The customer can pay in cash. Once done, the customer will receive status update of the transaction through SMS; and for a successful transaction will need to validate the top up amount in the smart card at any of the automatic vending machines installed at 86 Metro stations in order to complete the process. At present as much as 70% of the Metro commuters use smartcards, with approximately 16,000 smart cards sold every day from the various stations of the Delhi Metro network.
