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‘Metro culture picking up in the country’

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Proud moment: Managing Trustee of Dr. Pinnamaneni and Smt. Seethadevi Foundation C. Nageswara Rao and his wife Sudha presenting the award to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Managing Director E. Sreedharan (right) in Vijayawada on Sunday. —

VIJAYAWADA: E. Sreedharan, Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), has attributed the success of Delhi Metro to the use of best technologies and adherence to punctuality, integrity and highest values at every stage of the implementation of the project.

“The success of Delhi Metro has helped in spreading metro culture all over the country. It is evident from the way many State Governments and cities are rushing for getting such a project,” he said on Sunday.

Dr. Sreedharan was speaking on ‘Delhi Metro – A Success Story’ after receiving Dr. Pinnamaneni and Smt. Seethadevi Foundation award for 2007 at a function here.

Foundation chairman P.L.N. Prasad presided over the function, while managing trustee C. Nageswara Rao and others were present. Senior journalist Andavalli Satyanarayana gave a small brief on the activities of the foundation.

He said it was a matter of pride for the Delhi Metro that Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and scores of other cities had started nursing the aspiration of having a good metro rail system to make transportation easier and pleasurable for the people of there.

The DMRC’s human resources were under great demand. For Hyderabad, a high speed rail connection was being planned to connect Begumpet and the International Airport at Shamshabad.

“The distance is nearly 43 kms and it will be covered in just 24 minutes in this system,” he said.

Dr. Sreedharan said small and lean teams of dedicated professionals were major contributing factors behind the successful implementation of the first phase of Delhi Metro much in advance of the scheduled time.

It was ensured that there were no clerks or peons in the system to the extent that officials of the rank of joint secretary to the Government had to fend for themselves, which worked wonders in avoiding corruption and enabling fast-paced decision making, he added.

He opined that a Metro system would be more viable than the proposed Bus Rapid Transit System for Vijayawada.

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