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S.ravi
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 Posted - 09/14/2008 : 19:49:55
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New Delhi
DMRC’s safety measures
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: The surge in terror attacks keeps the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on a perpetual alert. While the Central Industrial Security Force is responsible for the metro security, the stations and the coaches have been designed to ensure the minimal impact to life and property.
“We carry out mock drills to assess the preparedness of various agencies in responding to emergency situations. The drills simulate scenarios depicting a terrorist attack, a toxic gas attack and a bomb blast besides an exercise to defuse a bomb,” said Anuj Dayal, Chief Public Relations Officer of DMRC. Listing the safety features of the metro he said: “The coaches and the stations are equipped with fire fighting systems to handle fires caused by accidents or terror attacks. Fire retardant low smoke cables are used for maximum safety.”
Fire survival cables
The fire survival cables can withstand temperature of up to 950 degree Celsius and are used for fire detection and emergency lighting. Non-combustible furniture is used inside the cabins and on the platforms. A false, non-combustible, perforated ceiling is used so that smoke will go above making it a smoke reservoir.
“The stations and coaches have been fitted with smoke detectors, heat detectors and combination detectors in underground open areas like corridors. There are both manual call point and break glass unit alarm systems, hose reels, wet main, which has a capacity of one lakh litres of water at each station and a dedicated water line for fire fighting have also been provided,” Mr. Dayal said.
To allow easy evacuation provisions have been made for a dedicated fireman’s staircase, evacuation staircases, ambulances and a special fire duct on the concourse. The DMRC, however, has one advise for all passengers, “The one thing that all commuters must do in case of emergency is to follow the instructions of the staff. They are trained and they know best, so the safest bet is to follow their directions,” he said.
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Posted - 09/15/2008 : 09:51:05
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Work on phase-II of 3rd DMRC tunnel complete
httP://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/09/14/NjI5MzY%3D/Work_on_phase-
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September 15, 2008
Project monitor reported that work on the third tunnel of 951 meter
long at Jor Bagh as part of the upcoming Central Secretariat Gurgaon
route under phase-II developed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is
complete.
It said that the down line tunnel passes beneath the railway track
and flyover at Safdarjung. The tunneling was done 12 meters below
the earth surface. DMRC has adopted German technology for tunnel
boring machine which was brought from Germany and a German laser
system was used to guide the TBM.
As per report, the corporation had to excavate about 38,000 cubic
meters of earth for setting up the tunnel. It is currently setting
up another parallel tunnel on the up line and expects to complete by
September end.
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Posted - 09/18/2008 : 19:55:41
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Delhi Metro to step up security in a big way
DMRC authorities along with police hold review meeting, bomb disposal teams to be strengthened
Decision to add more door frame metal detectors to the metro system
DMRC has ordered six new baggage scanners which will be used at stations
NEW DELHI: Considered vulnerable to terror attacks, the Delhi Metro railway network will now have a more stringent security mechanism in place. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has decided to step up the number of dog squads, strengthen the bomb disposal teams, and increase the supply of bomb blankets in view of the recent attacks in the Capital.
In a meeting, the DMRC authorities along with the Central Industrial Security Force and the Delhi police took stock of the metro security. The review meeting was attended by DMRC Managing Director E. Sreedharan and CISF Director-General R. K. Das apart from senior Delhi Police officers.
According to DMRC officials, it has been decided to increase the number of dog squads, strengthen the bomb disposal teams, increase the supply of bomb blankets and add more door frame metal detectors to the metro system.
It has also been decided to purchase more powerful searchlights called dragon lights, procure more communication equipment, additional scanners to scan luggage automatically and optimise the requirement of closed-circuit television cameras for Phase-II.
The DMRC has already ordered six new baggage scanners which will be used at stations with a heavy passenger inflow, including New Delhi, Old Delhi, Chawri Bazar and Rajiv Chowk stations among others.
It has also started making preparations to build kennels for the dogs which will be procured by CISF and added to the existing squads used for metro security.
The DMRC will also launch a special drive to promote awareness among commuters. “With eight lakh passengers travelling on the metro everyday, the DMRC has 16 lakh eyes and ears available to them who can look out for any unidentified object or suspicious person indulging in any dangerous activity,” said Dr. Sreedharan.
Pamphlets and films will be used to create public awareness and involve passengers in the safety efforts. In Phase II, the DMRC will install 3,000 closed-circuit television cameras at the stations apart from cameras inside the coaches.
The DMRC will also be removing flowerpots and litter bins from the concourse area of the stations and sensitise the shop owners who are operating inside metro premises about the need to be more vigilant at all times, said a DMRC official.
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Posted - 09/22/2008 : 21:55:02
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Indian Railway News
22 Sep, 20:17
From: Indian Railway News <harian...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:17:31 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon 22 Sep 2008 20:17
Subject: Delhi Metro ties up with Easy Cabs for better mobility
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Aiming to provide easy mobility from its
stations, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has tied up with a
radio taxi service.
The service is scheduled to begin after a month, according to a
statement issued by the DMRC. The cab agency, Easy Cabs, will set up
kiosks at 25 Metro stations, including Rithala, Pitampura, Rajiv
Chowk, New Delhi, Central Secretariat, Pragati Maidan and Dwarka
among others. In order to avail the cab services, commuters can
contact the personnel manning the kiosks, who in turn will arrange
for a taxi to the specified destination.
As for the financial details, the DMRC has said Easy Cabs will pay a
rent to the corporation for the space they will use at the stations.
The DMRC will also receive a portion of the revenue generated, as
per a fixed formula worked out with the agency. The deal will be
valid for three years to start with. DMRC sources say a need for the
service was felt as certain parts of Delhi, such as South Delhi, are
yet to come under the Metro umbrella.
"These taxis will help commuters reach South Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon,
the airport and other areas immediately, once this service becomes
operational, since the Metro will be reaching these destinations
only in the next two years," a DMRC official said.
DMRC already has 120 feeder buses running on 17 routes, ferrying
over 60,000 commuters every day. It is also providing a cycle
renting service at the Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station, which now has 30
cycles available for hire.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Delhi-Metro-ties-up-with-Easy-Cabs-
for-better-mobility-from-stations/364222
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Posted - 09/28/2008 : 03:14:30
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Straight Talk with E Sreedharan Options
Ten minutes into Gurgaon from the Delhi-Haryana border and the
chicken-neck of Sikandarpur with shops bustling on either side of
the road is an unmistakable sight. When the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC) started laying the lines across the 300-meter
stretch, local traders were up in arms. `Metro is disruptive,' they
claimed in one voice until one of the Corporation's Chief Project
Manager/South engaged them in a talkathon to sort out the issue.
When DMRC got drilling an underground tunnel beneath national
treasure Vijay Chowk, the Defence Ministry raised objections saying
that it would interfere with tank movement during the Republic Day
parade. DMRC immediately laid out decking arrangements for the tanks
to pass through on Vijay Chowk.
There's no substitute to dialogue and that's built into the work
ethic of DMRC in what has come to be known as `community
interaction' wherein every community in the line of the Metro is
invited for suggestions.
"Stakeholdership and community-building go hand-inhand ," says
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, the soft-spoken , hard-nosed managing
director of Delhi Metro who made history by undertaking the
country's first major project — Konkan Railway — on a BOT (build-
operate-transfer ) basis.
While Bangalore Metro has seen three MDs owing to change of guard at
the state level, Sreedharan's stature, both within and outside DMRC,
stands tall with the `Metro Man' sobriquet giving it a legendary
ring of sorts. For Sreedharan, the "sense of community" percolates
down to the day-to-day transactions with contractors and
construction workers at large. He personally visits sites and is at
hand for the minutest detail.
Perhaps the sharpest approach to timely delivery is monitoring of
projects, which is done once a week at DMRC where six project
leaders across as many zones meet up with their respective
contractors. "The contractors need fast decisions and the engineers
are on site to deliver just that. We treat the contractor as a
partner," says Sreedharan. The very fact that all payments have to
be released before 72 hours to contractors is a new benchmark in the
country's project management timeline. Besides , any disputed amount
is held back and paid in the maximum time-frame of a week after
sorting out the issue.
Regular parleys and sharp monitoring has ensured the completion of
the Metro's first phase ahead of schedule, at a cost of Rs 10,571
crore. "The first phase was a learning curve, when we were dependent
on foreign consultants and about 80% of the workforce came in from
the Railways," says Sreedharan. That changed when DMRC embarked on
the second phase, to be completed in less than half the time it took
to finish the first phase, at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore. Delhi Metro
had to fast-track its operations for the Commonwealth Games in 2010
and speed became the order of the day.
As a first, DMRC sent people across the board to global destinations
to study intra-city commute . "We were the first in the world to
introduce single-journey contactless tokens," says Sreedharan. Apart
from Delhi Metro, only China and Bangkok have those till date.
Having absorbed an overdose of technology in Phase I, Delhi Metro's
dependence on consultants has gone down "considerably" . Boosted by
a sense of achievement, it is shrugging off the Railways hangover by
building its own management cadre at the entry level. Its one-year
PG diploma course at IIT-Delhi bears testimony to the evolution of a
new workforce, which will be absorbed in the Delhi and Bangalore
Metros on completion.
Management mantras and six sigma fly out of the window at DMRC's
paper-ridden offices. There are files everywhere but the ranks rely
on one motivational tool—spirituality . "There's a strong spiritual
side to our management that keeps us on the go," says Sreedharan.
DMRC's New Year message has quotes from the Bhagwad Gita, and Monday
meetings have sprinklings of religious inputs. "Our officers are
over-stressed since they have to complete projects at half the time
of normal projects," adds Sreedharan, projecting the need for a
strong spiritual side to the enterprise. At 10-12 % basic attrition,
the DMRC brand still remains a big draw.
Efficiencies have endowed DMRC with an earning per share of Rs 5.23
on the face value of Rs 1,000 per share. Today, only five Metros in
the world are making operational profits, and Delhi Metro figures
among them, along with Taipei, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore. "We
deploy 39 persons per route kilometer, which is one of the lowest in
the world," points out Sreedharan.
When the Metro was being built in Calcutta, it deployed three times
that number . To achieve such efficiency, the Corporation
introduced "multi-skilling" . Take, for instance , the driver of the
Metro. Apart from routine tasks, he also switches ends, helping
lower operational costs even further.
The 125-km long Phase II is sub-divided into six sectors, each with
an independent project manager, whose job is to ensure that each of
the projects is completed on time. The Corporation management
monitors these six managers every Monday, 9:30 AM. On the ground,
the project managers execute their tasks bearing in mind three
pivots of the organisation — safety , hygiene and quality.
To address the question of safety, before embarking on any project,
a "pep-talk" is given to the entire workforce, complete with video
demos. "This safety induction process lasts 2-3 days and then
personal protection equipment like jackets and helmets are handed
out to the workers ," says Sreedharan. The contractor too maintains
a hierarchy of safety officers and follows daily safety guidelines.
DMRC has ensured strict penalty clauses in case of any lapse in
safety. For instance, at first lapse, there's a warning and if it
goes wrong the second time, the penalty amount may range from Rs
10,000 to Rs 5 lakh, and even termination of the worker.
The second pivot, hygiene, takes care of labour requirement with
WCs, mobile toilets, first aid and sheds for rest. One would rarely
see a DMRC construction worker defecating out in the open, a common
sight elsewhere. And to ensure quality, every equipment is checked
on several parameters, including certification by the Pollution
Control Board.
Currently operating 70 trains, DMRC is now looking at bringing down
commute time, having ordered 131 more trains, which are slated to
come in a phased manner from March 2009. The current frequency of
trains stands at 4 minutes (elevated) and when more are in, it is
expected to drop by a minute. It will also enable Delhi Metro to
carry 20 lakh passengers by 2010 from the current 8 lakh.
The march of the Metro, however holistic, is not all-inclusive .
There will remain areas Delhi Metro won't reach as its Master Plan
2020-21 shows. To ease the commute, the Corporation also plies 100
buses to these unheeded zones to cater to people who can come to the
nearest Metro station. "We're also buying 300 more buses with a
single operator who'll ensure quality service," elaborates
Sreedharan.
These will be AC buses and the Corporation plans to introduce
seamless smart cards for bus-to-train commute down the line. The
buzz around Delhi Metro is far from over but instructions clearly
come from top-down . At work, Sreedharan is a martinet. He sees the
three pillars of professionalism to be transparency, efficiency,
accountability and this percolates down to the rest of the
workforce, egging them on for tomorrow's world.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Corporate_Dossier/Straight_Talk_w
ith_E_Sreedharan/articleshow/3529132.cms
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Posted - 10/12/2008 : 07:35:34
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DMRC plans automated parking for Delhi
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has unveiled plans for the Indian capital’s first fully automated multi-level parking lot. The five-level underground car park will have a capacity of over 1,500 cars at a time, and will park and retrieve cars without any human intervention.
“The tendering process is on and several foreign contractors from Europe, Korea and Japan are in the fray for developing it. The model of operation is yet to be finalised, but we are looking at getting the contractor to maintain it for the first five years,” says a DMRC spokesperson.
The construction of the parking lot is expected to start in November and it is due to be ready by August 2010.
It will be constructed on around 10,000m² of land near the Delhi High Court. The ground above the parking lot will be landscaped.
Drivers will use a tunnel to drive into the lobby of the multi-level lot, where signs will guide them to leave the vehicle in one of 21 slots with the hand-brake on. On leaving the car, the driver will take the car keys and is automatically issued with a parking ticket.
The parking system then assesses the size and weight of the vehicle, and assigns it to a parking slot. An automated system of travellators and special car-lifts, then transports the vehicle to the designated slot.
To retrieve the vehicle, the driver will access the ticket machine at the lobby. On reading the details of the vehicle, the computer will automatically identify the slot where it has been parked and transport the car back to the lobby.
DMRC is reportedly planning further automated parking lots elsewhere in the city.
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Posted - 10/18/2008 : 21:33:49
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Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Oct 19, 2008
New Delhi
Parsvnath bags Metro contract worth 29 crore
NEW DELHI: Leading real estate player Parsvnath Developers has bagged the prestigious contract from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for construction of a station box at the upcoming new Dhaula Kuan metro railway station that would connect Connaught Place to Indira Gandhi International Airport.
According to an official release by the company here, the project is valued at around Rs.29.5 crore and is one of the prestigious construction contracts for station building from DMRC for Parsvnath Developers after the successful award and execution of prestigious Azadpur and Akshardham metro stations which were allotted to the company on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.
The new project is scheduled to be completed within 15 months.
Talking about the project, Parsvnath Developers chairman Pradeep Jain said the company is proud of its association with DMRC for strengthening of the mass transportation system in the Capital through the construction of the station box at Dhaula Kuan and other related projects. ``
We already are developing 13 metro stations at strategic locations and are confident to be a part of forthcoming DMRC routes as well,” Mr. Jain added.
Strategically located at Dhaula Kuan, this metro station will be an important halt on the Metro Express Link from Connaught Place to International Airport.
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Posted - 10/19/2008 : 02:45:25
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Delhi Metro flyover collapses, two dead
New Delhi (IANS): At least two people were killed and 25 injured when a part of an under-construction flyover of the Delhi Metro collapsed here Sunday morning, officials said.
The accident occurred at around 7 a.m. in Laxmi Nagar locality of east Delhi when a machine aiding in the construction of the over-bridge collapsed, leading to a part of the flyover coming down, a Delhi Metro official said.
A Blueline bus plying on route number 39, one crane of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)and several cars are trapped under the debris of the flyover. Delhi Police has taken over the rescue operation and at least 10 people have been rescued and taken to nearby hospitals, the official added.
"This has happened for the first time in the decade-old history of Delhi Metro. We are asking AFCONS (the private firm in-charge of the segment) about the engineering failure," the official said.
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Posted - 10/19/2008 : 08:59:48
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Metro bridge collapse: Rs 5 lakh for dead, 50,000 for injured
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Metro today announced a compensation of Rs five lakh for the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for those injured in the collapse of its underconstruction bridge in the national capital.
"Rs five lakh will be given to the families of both, the driver of a blueline bus and the labourer who were killed in the mishap," DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal told reporters.
He said Rs 50,000 each as ex-gratia will be provided to the injured. "We assure 100 per cent cooperation, support and maximum care for those who are undergoing treatment in hospitals," he said.
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Posted - 10/19/2008 : 09:02:08
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Mechanical fault probable cause of Metro bridge collapse
New Delhi (PTI): A mechanical fault seems to be the cause of the collapse of an underconstruction bridge of the Delhi Metro here, the DMRC said on Sunday, as it ordered a technical inquiry into the mishap by a high-level committee.
The accident took place at Vikas Marg in Lakshmi Nagar area of east Delhi when workers were lifting concrete segments of the bridge using a "launcher".
"It was the 11th segment in the stretch which collapsed while being lifted...Prima facie, it appears that the some mechanical item of the launcher might have given way," DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal told reporters.
He said the launcher belonged to Afcons, the private firm which was executing the work on contract. The company has been working with the Metro for the last one year doing similar jobs.
Safety checks are made while the launcher moves from one pier to another and "probably" there were some problems regarding safety inspection by the contractor, Dayal said.
The DMRC has seized all records of Afcons and sealed its site inspection office. "We will go through the records to find out there was any lapse," Dayal said.
Afcons officials were not immediately available for comment.
Dayal said a three-member high-level technical committee will probe the incident and fix responsibility.
"The Chief Engineer (Design) of DMRC and a foreign consultant would be the members. We will ask the IIT Director to nominate an IIT structural engineering professor to the panel," he said.
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Posted - 10/25/2008 : 22:18:25
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DMRC to expand its existing fleet
DMRC to expand its existing fleet
Income inequality to rise due to meltdown: ILO
Religious card being played in election game
Nano's exit will not affect Trinamool's votebank: ...
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is set to augment its existing fleet by adding 424 broad gauge and 196 standard gauge coaches to meet the requirement in new sections under phase-II of the project.
Orders have been placed for the purpose by DMRC which would extend its route by 99 km under phase-II, the Lok Sabha was informed.
The new coaches are planned for introduction by DMRC from July, 2009 to March 2011, Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken said in a written reply.
At present, the DMRC is facing a shortage of about five additional train sets to meet the traffic demand, he said.
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Posted - 10/26/2008 : 03:16:07
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Bridge collapse: Delhi Metro to submit report next week
New Delhi (PTI): The three-member committee, set up by the DMRC to probe into the collapse of an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro in New Delhi, will submit its report next week soon after Diwali.
"The committee will submit its report to DMRC soon after Diwali in next week," a DMRC official said.
The three-member panel comprises S N Sinha, a professor of IIT-Delhi, Des Charnock, an international safety expert of the General Consultants, and Rajan Kataria, chief engineer of DMRC.
Two persons were killed and 16 others injured when a launcher, used to lift concrete slabs, collapsed and fell on passing vehicles on the Vikas Marg in Laxmi Nagar in East Delhi on October 19.
An assistant engineer and a junior engineer were suspended by the DMRC which also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakhon Afcons, the contracting company, in connection with the accident following a preliminary enquiry into the mishap.
The DMRC also removed the project manager and his deputy of Afcons from works of the Delhi Metro.
The preliminary assessment about the incident said that a mechanical fault seems to be the reason behind the collapse of the under-construction bridge.
Delhi Metro had also announced Rs 5 lakh for the families of those who died in the incident while Rs 50,000 to the injured for medical treatment.
Though minor accidents have taken place at Metro construction sites in the past, this mishap was the major one in its decade-old history.
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 21:45:33
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DMRC slaps notice on Afcons Infra for accident
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/DMRC-slaps-notice-on-Afcons-
Infra-for-accident/381527/
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) has issued a showcause notice
to Afcons Infrastructure, after a probe found it guilty of
negligence which resulted in the collapse of the launching girder at
Laxmi Nagar in east Delhi, killing two people last month.
The high-level technical committee report, in its report submitted
on Tuesday, has held the contractor responsible for the accident.
Post investigation, including review of design, analysis of test
reports of various elements, interview of witnesses and site visits,
the committee came to a conclusion that the accident was due to the
omission and carelessness on the part of the contractor's workers on
various fronts.
DMRC stated, "As the accident was due to carelessness and omission
by the contractor, Afcons Infrastructure, DMRC has decided to issue
a showcause notice to the contractor for blacklisting in all its
works."
The contractors' workers failed to insert a minimum of ten pins for
each column. Also the pins were made ineffective by enlarging the
matching holes in which they were to be fitted. In order to carry
the desired weight on the supporting column, a minimum of ten pins
are required to be inserted. The evidence at the site showed that
not more than 4 pins were inserted as against the required 10.
Not just this, it was also found during the investigation that the
holes of the outer tube which should match precisely with the holes
of the inner tube for inserting of the pins were enlarged by gas
cutting, making differential loads being taken by each pin.
Following the incident, DMRC has already removed from service
Assistant Engineer and the Jr Engineer, who were responsible for the
work, for their failure to ensure that the contractor had taken all
the precautions at work site.
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 18:35:19
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http://www.financialexpress.com/news/DMRC-in-punishment-mode-over-
violation-of-rules/383505/
In view of 16,000 cases of violations of rules in Metro premises,
the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has authorised station
personnel to directly impose fines up to Rs 500 and realise
penalties for offences such as squatting, littering, nuisance,
traveling with undervalued tokens and obstructing officials on duty.
Cases of violations such as squatting, travel with undervalued
tokens, nuisance, littering, refusal to provide reserved seats to
ladies, senior citizens and the physically challenged, have been
detected by DMRC "flying squads" since July this year.
The DMRC personnel so far had been counseling offenders or handing
them over to the police for producing before the Metropolitan
Magistrate who was empowered to impose fines and imprisonment.
As there is only one Magistrate who has jurisdiction for the entire
Metro network, it hampered the quick imposition of fines. "To deal
with this, DMRC decided to grant power on one Metro personnel at
each of the 62 stations to impose and collect fines for offences
within metro premises, including parking areas. The authorized
person will be the station manager and, in his absence, the station
controller on duty. The new provisions will come into effect
immediately.
Offenders will be issued proper receipts for the fines collected and
any person who refuses to pay the fine will be handed over to the
police to be produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate, said DMRC
in a release. "As per the provisions, drunkenness, nuisance,
spitting, squatting or quarreling will be punishable by a fine of Rs
200, forfeiture of pass, ticket and removal from carriage. Those
found travelling without token or pass or beyond authorised distance
can be fined an excess charge of Rs 50, besides difference in amount
of fare.
Obstructing officials on duty and misusing the alarm will attract a
fine of Rs 500, unauthorized sale of articles on Metro Rs 400,
defacing Metro property Rs 200, taking offensive material Rs 200 and
unlawful entry and walking on track Rs 150," said DMRC.
Offenders found writing, pasting in compartment can be removed and
those refusing to be removed can be fined Rs 500. Unauthorised sale
of ticket will attract a fine of Rs 200.
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 08:07:25
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Metro man's new mission: Clean India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Metro_mans_new_mission_Clean
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18 Nov 2008, 0611 hrs IST
NEW DELHI: He's arguably India's best known technocrat, who became a
middle-class household name following the success of Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation. But DMRC managing director E Sreedharan now has a
new project: to spark a revival of ethics among Indians, especially
the leadership. Sreedharan and a group of high-profile citizens want
to change Indian attitudes towards corruption and graft. To
implement this ambitious plan, they have formed the Foundation of
Restoration of National Values (FRNV), with Sreedharan as President.
As a first step, the FRNV will hold a summit starting Tuesday.
Lending the Metro chief support is a galaxy of heavyweights: Tata
group chairman Ratan Tata, former chief justice of India MN
Venkatachaliah, former chief vigilance commissioner N Vittal and
former NCW chairperson Vibha Parthasarathi, among others.
Fed up with Delhi's "lack of morals", Sreedharan said he has seen
the city change for the worse. Citizens here have become extremely
selfish and have little respect for the law, he said. This, along
with India's slipping position on indexes like Transparency
International, is what pushed the dyed-in-the-blue technocrat to
kickstart a movement of sorts to restore national values and enforce
ethical leadership across all walks of life.
Over the next two days, the national crisis of values and the remedy
will be addressed by a host of speakers drawn from various walks of
life, politicians and teachers, bureaucrats and literary persons.
APJ Abdul Kalam, Somnath Chatterjee, Justice KG Balakrishnan, Sheila
Dik**** and LK Advani will be the prominent voices at the summit.
"We hope the idea will be given direction at the summit. We are
looking at introducing concepts like a national education syllabus
for moral values for youngsters and ethical surveillance in the
judiciary, public administration and so on. We hope to see change in
the next five years," said Sreedharan. Ethical surveillance, read
ensuring accountability and integrity at the top levels, will be key
to the foundation's work, said FRNV's spiritual guide, Swami
Bhoomananda Tirtha.
Having demonstrated an enviable work culture in the rollout of
Delhi's Metro rail system, the Metro chief wants the public to
imbibe the values of punctuality, integrity and
professionalism. "DMRC, today, is a shining example of a major
government project implemented before time, and well within budget.
The same values apply to the nation as well," he said.
He will start the drill with Metro's daily commuters on the one
hand, and dialogue with bureaucrats and politicians on the other, to
simply do their day's work honestly. 'Value champions' are being
trained to spread the word, he said.
"There is a lot we have achieved as an organisation but there will
always be such a case or two," he said, referring to the recent
accident on Vikas Marg. "What marks the company's commitment to a
value system is our response to the aberration. Never before has an
incriminating report like this been released to the public so
early," he asserted.
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