Great News!!! I have just got information that seven serious consortiums have bid for the Hyderabad MRTS. Each one of them seem to be giants in the field of...
Dear All, It seems with statements like this coming out and making politics out of a technical issue in Cong vs JD S in BAngalore the kind of transparency in...
You might be jumping the gun on government subsidies. I saw the ad inviting bidders for the Hyderabad Metro in the Economist some days back and it mentioned...
I read Mr. Karmakar's views about the funding of the delhi metro. All i would like to say is, even if delhi metro's funding pattern is applied for the hybd...
Mr Manu, While I appreciate your comments on BOT projects I do not agree with them. Private Investors always look to recover their money and there is nothing...
Metro Phase 2: A breeze of fresh air (TOI) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1283459.cms NIDHI SHARMA [ Thursday, November 03, 2005 01:47:00...
I am shortly going to do a full fledged paper on the hoax of EIRR by DMRC. Below is an excerpt of an article written by Mr E Sreedharan on the Benifits of...
All are not lies as stated here. Claim 2. Less number of buses required . Please note that this is only on routes where metro line is running. Figures should...
It is a good idea to critically question the assertions of the authorities for all taxpayer funded projects. I therefore welcome the idea of a paper that...
While I am amongst the first to give DMRC a pat on their back for the Delhi Metro, and indeed, am quite proud of the project and what it means for the city, I...
I don't think you understood the point about absolute numbers being irrelevant, so let me try to explain. When the claim was made in the RITES report that the...
One more point I forgot to mention - the question is not about a city-wide vs. corridor-level analysis. There is no mention of that in any of my posts. The...
I believe the metro is defeintely an overall positive benefit to the Delhi community, but one figure that has been dissappoinitng has been the 250,000...
I don't think either that the opening of line 3 will ensure that the 2.1m number or anything close to that is reached. Optimistic estimates suggest that Line...
Can anyone clear my doubt about the proposed route in Noida in proposed Phase II. The map at the yahoo group shows a different path (via sector 5, Jalvayu...
Yes this is true, we should see things in relativity and not in closed box and then compare the difference including the claims and the reality. I am eagerly...
The map that I and Ashish made (which is what I presume you mean by the 'map at the yahoo groups') was made 2 years ago. At that time, it was up to date....
Can we estimate the cost of the delays in traffic, congestion and dislocation etc happening because of the construction in the underground and overground and...
Dear Akhilesh, I am not questioning the benifits of the metro to the 75000 people (assuming each person makes 3 trips per day) who use the metro. The real...
Sridhar, you cannot have the cake and eat it too. First you say- "Phase 1 not yet complete - The 2.1 million trips numbers are for the entire Phase I, of which...
If we can refrain from attacking the other person participating in the debate, it would lead to a much more productive discussion. Attack ideas by all means,...
(1) Social rate of return: According to Noble-winning economist Hayek the words with "social" in them are weasel words and are used for deception eg. social...
... The tree cover of Delhi has gone down drastically due to man made activities, and we should plant a lot of big trees where ever there is a space. We are...
The debate is whether Delhi Metro has been able to meet the claims that it/RITES made in the past. The claims were in the form that x number of buses ...
Ashish An innocent question here - has anyone seen the report/studies that this press article refers to. I was not able to find any such report on the DMRC...
Shashi, I doubt it. Most of our discussions are based on our own self-information. Good learning exercises but really premature in terms of understanding what...
The recently enacted Right to Information Act could be invoked to ensure that these documents are made public. It is not a very expensive or time consuming...
Ankur, You said it. Would a metro constructed by a private consortium (without burdening the tax payer) have resulted in the same EIRR -YES Further if you used...
If any member in Delhi is willing to take the initiative, I would be willing to cover the cost of getting the document from DMRC, as per the Right to...
