Hello everyone, Recently Mr. E. Sreedharan wrote a strongly worded letter to the Planning Commission casting doubt over the way the Maytas-led consortium was...
"monetize the property values" Does it mean confiscate in non-bureaucratese? Vishal _____________________________________________________________________ The...
Problem with hero worshipping in India .... I have no problem in scrapping the PPP model if Mr Sreedharan agrees to pays for the METRO out of his pocket....
... private enterprise trying to work on a project, and also make money in return? ... The cynicism is there because it wrangles away the power from the hands ...
According to my understanding of Mr. Sreedharan as an Economist I completely agree with him. There is no country in the world where public projects in rail...
Depends which bureaucrats one is talking about. Bureaucrats of the Govt - working on govt. salaries, which they will get whether they work or not - inefficient...
It would help to have a copy of the letter to know what exactly Mr. Sreedharan's arguments are. I have read, on and off, newspaper reports about ground level...
Hi Sunil, I don't agree with atleast one example (Example 2) given by you as the UK rail industry is doing well with private sectors. Best regards, Shahid ...
Really shahid? Its probably the worst train system in western europe. And easily the most expensive and accident-prone. Speak to people who have seen British...
Dear Shahid You must check out their safety records and punctuality and usage of trains in UK people's overall transportation needs. In all these indicators...
Times of India has last week reported on a study carried out by an unnamed IIM-Ahmedabad professor on the implications of Global Warming Agenda on Indian dairy...
Dear rail enthusiasts We have all had the privilege of being among the first users of erail.in. In this age of web 2.0 where indianrail.gov.in suffered from...
Yes I fully standby www.erail.in whereas I have myself experienced lot of problems on official web site of Indian Railways. It seems they have a policy of...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi/Delhi_Metro_Rail_accidents_-_a_time_line/articleshow/3615712.cms Here's a list of accidents at DMRC sites in the...
Hello, I was somewhat surprised to read that the cost of Skywalk is of the order of Rs. 60 crore per km. Isn't it too high for a Skywalk? Can someone among you...
Kindly go through the article again. It says that 1400m skywalk will be buit at a total cost of Rs.84 Crores. The cost comes out to Rs. 16.67 Crores/km ... -- ...
Sudhir, I am picking up this after a long time Do you have the source of this. Which news article or document. Would be great if I could get it Thanks ... ...
Dear Suhas, DMRC had brought out a broucher "Driving Delhi forward", giving the breakup of Total 68.30 km of Phase I into unerground (12.2), On Elevated...
The following news article talks about urgent need for more Metro trains, two of which are being airlifted from Germany, as the ridership reaches close to 9...
This is good news. Phase II once completed should cater to 20L+ ridership by the end of 2010. Regards, Akhilesh Singh [Non-text portions of this message have...
*One big infra project wins over another ? Seems it is easy to make money on the side from elevated roads the new found fad of modern India! Speed rail halted...