It is impossible to replicate the Delhi Metro model
Sunil Jain / New Delhi July 20, 2009, 0:04 IST

The report of the CAG states that in nine locations the company (DMRC) has acquired a total of 6.42-lakh square metres land, which was

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has observed that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had scaled down its testing requirements in four cases, company representatives did not witness the tests in eight cases, and that it tested material in non-accredited laboratories and did not preserve the reports.

New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Ellatuvalapil Sreedharan may have sparked off a nation-wide debate last year on whether allowing commercial exploitation of land by private metro rail developers as in the Hyderabad Metro Rail project was akin to

DELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), in the news for successive accidents earlier this week, had scaled back its quality assurance tests to expedite project execution, says a report of the government

E Sreedharan gets both the credit and the blame
A K Bhattacharya / New Delhi July 15, 2009, 0:45 IST

KOCHI: With only one more hurdle before the Kochi Metro Rail project, the authorities of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the implementing agency for the project, has decided to prepare a detailed execution plan for the project.

A meeting convened by DMRC Chairman E Sreedharan in Kochi on Wednesday asked the officials to start collection of details for the same.

An allocation of Rs 1,770.20 crore for Delhi Metro in the Union Budget is expected to meet projections for Phase II. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which was earlier facing a shortage of funds for this phase and which required the state and Central governments to pitch in, is now expecting the work to be completed by the end of 2010.

NEW DELHI: The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha on Monday has earmarked Rs.1,770.20 crore for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation which is headed for expansion within the city as well in other parts of the country.