The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will wind up by May 31 its office in the capital that handles the proposed 430-km high speed railway line between Kochuveli and Kannur and the office in Kozhikode that looks after Light Metro.
The DMRC will now have only two offices in the State – one in Thiruvananthapuram to take care of the proposed Light Metro and the one in Ernakulam for the Kochi Metro Rail.
The move comes in the wake of the submission of the Detailed Project Report for the high-speed line by the DMRC to the government. The project is estimated to cost ₹1,27,849 crore as per the report.
Three personnel were working in the office that handles the HSR.
No further steps
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated in the Assembly this week that the government had not taken any further steps on the project. The DMRC was not happy with the way the project was handled after the report was submitted.
Kerala High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (KHSRCL), the public limited company floated to execute the project, undertook a public survey and found that majority favoured the rail line. The survey was the only initiative to be taken up after the DPR was submitted.
Kozhikode office
The DMRC’s office opened in Kozhikode for the proposed Light Metro will also be closed by month end. The road overbridge at Panniyankara, constructed under the supervision of the DMRC as part of Light Metro, has been commissioned.
As the Light Metro projects for Kozhikode and Thiruvanathapuram are yet to get approval from the Union government, officials in the DMRC office at Kozhikode were assigned with the task of preparing the feasibility report of the Nilambur-Nanjangud and Thalassery-Mysuru railway line.
The DMRC was not keen on these two projects following the issues with the government over payment of fee.
Of the six personnel in the DMRC office at Kozhikode, two will be redeployed to the Ernakulam office.
