"Metroman" and Principal Advisor to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), E. Sreedharan has been appointed as one-man committee by the Ministry of Railways to suggest a "proper system and procedure to ensure proper accountability and transparency" at General Manager level and other functionaries level for taking all commercial decisions.
The Railways has asked for an interim report within two weeks and a final report not exceeding three months, official sources said. Mr. Sreedharan, the former Managing Director of DMRC, who is in Kerala has received the orders from the Railway Board asking him to head the committee.
The Civil Engineering Directorate of the Railway Board has been designated at the nodal directorate and the recommendations. The committee has been appointed in the wake of the sweeping reforms being worked out in the Railways to attract private and foreign investment for the mega rail projects with the change of guard at the Railways and Suresh Prabhu taking over as Union Railway Minister last week.
