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New Delhi: Hyderabad Metro Rail on Tuesday snapped its consultancy contract with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, a move which comes close on the heels of Andhra government taking a tough stand against the DMRC Managing Director E Sreedharan who has questioned the viability of the project.
“The letter by DMRC Managing Director Sreedharan was completely baseless and Andhra Pradesh government has taken serious note of it. We have snapped our association with DMRC today on mutual consent,” Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd Managing Director NVS Reddy said.
While Sreedharan could not be reached for comments, a DMRC spokesperson said the firm was unaware of any such developments.
Last week, Sreedharan had questioned the viability of running a metro rail network under build-operate-transfer (BOT) mode.
In his letter to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Sreedharan had alleged that the example of Hyderabad Metro as a successful BOT operation was misleading and it could “lead to a big political scandal”.
“As a consultant, his (Sreedharan’s) role is to protect our interest, but unfortunately he is not doing so. Therefore, we have decided to cut all our links with DMRC,” Reddy said.
Taking a serious note of allegation by Sreedharan, Andhra Pradesh government had asked the DMRC MD for an unconditional apology.
Bureau Report