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Sreedharan factor daunts Kochi metro

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It appears that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has almost decided not to take up the Kochi Metro Rail project because it has too much work on hand already.

Sources close to the project say that th

Kochi Metro chugs off track

Notwithstanding Metroman E. Sreedharan’s letter to urban development ministry claiming that the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) clause banning consultants from executing projects is not applicabl

Metro work only after road widening: NHAI

Looks like it’s not going to be a smooth ride for the implementing agency of the Kochi metro project, with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) insisting that the viaduct work along the Aluv

Partnering agencies need to be quicker

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‘Well begun is half done’ may well betoken the Metro authorities’ concerns at the moment as they have urged their partner agencies to hasten completion of the key projects proposed to decongest the ci

Row over Metro implementation

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Even as doubts persist over the ‘consultant’ Delhi Metro Rail Corporation taking up the Kochi Metro main works, top DMRC officials said the agency was carrying out the project on a turnkey basis and t

Corporation councillors to visit Delhi Metro

A 36-member Kochi corporation delegation will visit Delhi to have a first-hand experience of the Delhi Metro Rail. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has invited the members of the civic body to visit t

Kochi Metro looking for private players

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The Kochi Metro project, financed mainly by the Union and state governments and with borrowings from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, is also open to private participation, according to pr

Time to step on the accelerator

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the Kochi Metro project on Thursday. But if the project is to be a success in addressing the city's transport problems, the state author

Metro to reach beyond airport

The first board meeting of the reconstituted Kochi Metro Rail Ltd has sought the state’s permission to include more areas in its jurisdiction and notify the same for future expansion.

“There is no c

Hanging cycle track ‘not feasible’

The proposal to construct a hanging cycle track below the metro rail track, mooted by a city-based NGO, is not feasible, said highly-placed sources in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. For the cycle track

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