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
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
Mumbai: Heavy rainfall in coastal Konkan region, particularly between Ratnagiri and Nivsar, led to disruption of train services on the Konkan Railway route, with water and slush accumulating on tracks at Pomendi between Ratnagiri and Nivsar section. As a precautionary safety measure, Konkan Railway has diverted or cancelled some trains, an official release said. The Down cancelled trains include 12133 CSTM Mangalore Junction Express leaving CSTM on Monday, 12619 LTT...
01:27 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Panaji: All traffic on the Konkan Railway route came to a standstill after heavy rains and landslide led to a safety wall collapsing on the tracks near Nivar station in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The wall, which collapsed on Thursday night, was 60 meters long and six meters high. Traffic on the Mumbai-Ratnagiri-Goa route has been hit with trains being stopped at various stations. Konkan Railway has arranged state transport...
11:54 AM, Jun 17, 2011
New Delhi: Is the prestigious Kashmir Rail Link project doomed to fail? CNN-IBN has accessed official audio-recordings of a key meeting between senior railway officials, which reveal critical construction failures, and a possible cover up, as India's and the Railway's prestige was at stake. During the meeting, former member of Railway Board RR Jaruhar said, "Do you want to go back and tell him (Prime Minister)? It's a national project,...
08:20 PM, Feb 08, 2011
For the last 10 days services on the route have been suspended as due to mudslides caused by rains. ...
02:23 PM, Jul 29, 2010
Konkan Railway illegally deducted Rs 4,000 from Sreedharan's salary. ...
08:59 AM, Jul 08, 2009
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