ICICI offers recharge facility for Delhi Metro commuters at mRUPEE outlets

ICICI bank, the largest private bank in India today announced launch of convenient recharge facility of Metro Cards for Delhi commuters with ease at close to 1000 mRUPEE outlets. The facility will enable users to recharge their Metro Cards hassle free without standing in long queues at the metro stations and struggle with the Automatic Ticket Vending machines to get their Rs 100 recognized to add value to their card, believe me it feels like clearing a semester exam when your Rs 100 note gets recognized by the machine and amount is added to your card if you have not experienced it yet.

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Three easy steps to recharge your Metro card are as following.

Step 1: Customers of DMRC can visit any mRupee outlet and provide the recharge amount to the agent along with their Delhi Metro card number and mobile number.

Step 2: On successful completion, they will be notified about the final status of the recharge transaction over SMS.

Step 3: They will have to visit an Add Value Machine (AVM) at Delhi Metro station, show their metro card on AVM and press the ‘Add Value’ button on the screen of AVM in order to complete the recharge process. The card will start reflecting the latest balance.

The metro card holders can locate the nearest mRUPEE outlet by sending an SMS METRO <PIN CODE>  to 9222208888

Commenting on the service, Rajiv Sabharwal, Executive Director, ICICI Bank Limited, said: “ICICI Bank has been a leader in using technology to provide easily accessible services across the country. This service is yet another innovative addition to our wide array of mobile-based services. It offers a convenient choice of recharge to lakhs of DMRC commuters near their homes and offices. This collaboration underlines our commitment to providing users with solutions that simplify their travel requirement. We are happy to have partnered with MMPL for this service.”

Pradeep Kumar Sampath, COO, MMPL, said, “MMPL focuses on providing transaction avenues to the customers using the mobile wallet platform and we are happy to leverage the partnership with ICICI Bank to provide common value added services to the customers of DMRC in Delhi and NCR Region”