Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) undertook two ambitious projects, the Metro and Monorail, to solve the Mumbai commuter's woes. However, the routes selected by the planning authority have raised some serious doubts, as commuters feel that the routes pass unfrequented areas. Monorail Phase I of the Rs 2,700 crore Jacob Circle-Wadala-Chembur (JWC) Monorail is between Wadala-Chembur, while Phase II is between Jacob Circle-Wadala. Concerned Chembur resident, 24...
05:58 PM, May 27, 2012
Sixteen years after becoming the Managing Director of DMRC, E Sreedharan stepped down on December 31 leaving behind a 190 km network of Delhi Metro across the NCR. In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan, the metro man said that it was not so much as the politicians as the bureaucrats of the country who were stalling its progress. Below is the full transcript of the interview: Shereen Bhan: Hello...
11:59 PM, Apr 16, 2012
16 years after becoming Managing Director of DMRC, E Sreedharan stepped down on December 31 leaving behind a 190 km network across the NCR. ...
09:19 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Friday cautioned railway could go the Air India way if money was not pumped in the cash-strapped national transporter, as an official committee proposed cess to generate money to upgrade safety mechanism. Trivedi said government should "prioritise" its focus while considering railways' financial condition as it adds to the GDP and directly affects the common man. "I am afraid it (Indian Railways) can...
10:03 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Railways is the lifeline of the nation. It has been doing a wonderful service so far. But it has not been keeping pace with the advances made in rail technology worldwide. Today, I am not confident of sending my family on a train given the number of accidents. So, improving safety of the railways is a very urgent necessity. But to be truly world class, the Indian Railways also needs...
11:38 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan on Thursday confirmed that he will be part of the proposed Rs 5,000 crore Kochi Metro, and said he would be able to finish the project in three years. Sreedharan said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy wants him to finish the project in three years. "When I said I can do it in three-and-half years, he wanted it to be done in three years,...
03:56 PM, Jan 12, 2012
16 years after becoming Managing Director of DMRC, E Sreedharan stepped down on December 31 leaving behind a 190 km network across the NCR. ...
06:34 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: The man who gave us the Delhi metro and Konkan railways has hung up his boots. The face of Delhi Metro, E Sreedharan, retired on Saturday. He gave Delhi its new identity and achieved the near-impossible breaking through red tape to build the Delhi Metro. However, 16 years after he became Managing Director DMRC in 1995 - E Sreedharan - is stepped down on the last day of...
06:04 PM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: The man who gave the Metro Rail to Delhi, E Sreedharan, retired on Saturday. On his last day at work, he said, "It was a very glorious journey for me. We started with nothing and we produced hundreds of kilometres for the Delhi Metro." "It was a very satisfying experience," he added. ...
09:10 AM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: The face of Delhi Metro, E Sreedharan, retires on Saturday. He gave Delhi its new identity and achieved the near-impossible breaking through red tape to build the Delhi Metro. However, 16 years after he became Managing Director DMRC in 1995 - E Sreedharan - is stepping down. He leaves behind a 190 km network across the National Capital Region, now considered the fastest growing Metro network anywhere in...
07:30 AM, Dec 31, 2011
New Delhi: E Sreedharan will retire as DMRC chief on Saturday and hand over reins to colleague Mangu Singh after a highly successful 16-year tenure during which he transformed the capital's transport sector through Metro. 79-year-old Sreedharan, who joined the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in 1995, will formally hand over charge to Singh, a veteran Civil Engineer, on Saturday evening at a brief ceremony at the 'Metro Bhawan' in New...
03:36 PM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: Making its debut on a small 8km stretch on this day in 2002, Delhi Metro has had a stupendous journey in the last nine years with its network spreading far and wide across the National Capital Region giving the people an affordable mode of transport. Delhi Metro on Saturday completed nine years of operations in the national capital and now it has a network of nearly 200km, including...
03:15 PM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, who demits office on December 31, will not head the proposed Kochi Metro Rail project, contrary to speculation in his home state of Kerala that he has been chosen for the job. The Congress Government in Kerala has been very keen on using the services of Sreedharan, who revolutionised the way Delhi travels through Metro, for building a similar new agetransport system in...
01:47 AM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: The process of finding a successor to DMRC chief E Sreedharan is likely to be completed much before his extended tenure comes to an end on December 31. Delhi Chief Secretary PK Tripathi, who is a member of the panel to select a successor to Sreedharan, said the process would be completed "very soon". "The selection process is going on and it will be completed much before December...
10:38 AM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday said the government will soon set in motion the process for selecting a successor to DMRC chief E Sreedharan whose extended tenure will come to an end later this year. "The procedure to choose a new chief of DMRC will be started shortly. But he will continue to be involved with Delhi in some way," Dikshit said. Earlier this month, 78-year-old Sreedharan...
06:44 PM, Jun 13, 2011
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