New Delhi, June 6 -- Metro systems serve less than 5% of Delhi's population and under 3% of residents in Bengaluru and Hyderabad despite an investment of Rs.4.5 lakh crore in 1,095-km of rail networks across 26 cities, according to a review of the 2006 National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) presented on Friday at the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP).

The review, led by ISSP's professor of practice OP Agarwal, who was also the lead author of the 2006 NUTP, found that implementation of the 20-year-old policy became heavily skewed towards metro rail projects while neglecting bus services and non-motorised transport, which the policy had identified as priorities.

It called for the Union government to constitute an expert committee to p...