E. Sreedharan to lead panel that will set metro rail norms
6 years, 9 months ago

E. Sreedharan to lead panel that will set metro rail norms

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday approved the setting up of a committee to lay down the standards for metro rail systems across the country. While inaugurating the new segment via video-conferencing earlier in the day, the Prime Minister said that commuters should get rid of private vehicles and opt for metro rail services. “Our priority is to build convenient, comfortable and affordable urban transport systems in our cities.” Since last year’s fare hikes, a significant fall in ridership has been a major cause of concern for the Delhi Metro. This is because we felt that aspects relating to metro systems need greater coherence and it should work as per a basic set of standards,” said Modi, adding that the government wanted to boost ‘Make in India’ by making metro coaches in the country.

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PM Modi slams Congress-led governments in Karnataka, Rajasthan over lack of development
1 year, 7 months ago

PM Modi slams Congress-led governments in Karnataka, Rajasthan over lack of development

The Hindu  

Slamming the Congress-led government in the neighbouring State of Karnataka over its alleged failure to ensure rapid development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lavished praises on the Maharashtra government headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Stating that projects launched today in Pune city would boost infrastructure development and improve quality of life for the people, he said the metro …

SilverLine or Metroman E Sreedharan's new line? Row over rail in Kerala again
1 year, 8 months ago

SilverLine or Metroman E Sreedharan's new line? Row over rail in Kerala again

India Today  

The SilverLine semi-high-speed train project - a flagship initiative of the Pinarayi Vijayan government - is once again mired in controversy in Kerala. E SREEDHARAN’S NEW PROJECT Following KV Thomas's request, E Sreedharan presented an alternative rail project to the Kerala government. According to E Sreedharan, the new project is entirely different from the SilverLine project, adding, he would not …

Narendra Modi India’s Best PM, Integrated J&K, But Railways Emasculated, Says Metro Man to News18
2 years, 9 months ago

Narendra Modi India’s Best PM, Integrated J&K, But Railways Emasculated, Says Metro Man to News18

News 18  

E Sreedharan, popularly known as India’s “Metro Man”, who recently quit active politics stating that he was more of a bureaucrat than a politician, looks at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s eight-year rule with an analytical eye. While he lauds the PM for initiatives like Swachh Bharat and Atmanirbhar Bharat, the abrogation of Article 370 sections in Jammu and Kashmir, he …

PM Modi buys ticket for train ride in Pune metro, interacts with differently-abled students | WATCH
3 years ago

PM Modi buys ticket for train ride in Pune metro, interacts with differently-abled students | WATCH

India TV News  

Highlights PM Modi inaugurated the Pune metro rail project, and himself bought tickets from a kiosk. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Pune metro rail project, and himself bought tickets from a kiosk at the Garware metro station for the metro ride. The inauguration of the 12-km stretch of the total 32.2-km long project took place at the …

Despite loss, Metro-man E Sreedharan keeps poll promise of ‘power for all’
3 years, 10 months ago

Despite loss, Metro-man E Sreedharan keeps poll promise of ‘power for all’

Op India  

Despite facing defeat in the recent Kerala Assembly elections, E Sreedharan, fondly known as ‘Metro man’ has fulfilled his poll promise of getting power connections for the people in his constituency. In accordance with the promise he made to his constituents, Sreedharan on May 18 wrote a cheque of Rs 81,525 in the name of the Assistant Engineer, KSEB, Kalpathy, …

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan: Credited With Changing Face of Public Transport, Meet BJP's CM Candidate In Kerala
4 years ago

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan: Credited With Changing Face of Public Transport, Meet BJP's CM Candidate In Kerala

News 18  

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, the engineer behind India’s expansive and ambitious metro rail project in Delhi, is set to be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s chief ministerial candidate ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala. Sreedharan, 88, who advised the Kerala government on Metro projects in the state, said he will now end the practice. Sreedharan is popularly known as the Metro …

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan is BJP’s CM face in Kerala: State BJP chief
4 years ago

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan is BJP’s CM face in Kerala: State BJP chief

Hindustan Times  

E Sreedharan, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party last month, will be the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in the assembly elections in Kerala, the party's chief of the state unit K Surendran said, according to news agency ANI on Thursday. "E Sreedharan will be BJP's chief minister candidate in the upcoming Kerala assembly elections," Surendran was quoted as saying by …

'Metroman' E Sreedharan is BJP's Kerala CM candidate, tweets Union minister
4 years ago

'Metroman' E Sreedharan is BJP's Kerala CM candidate, tweets Union minister

India TV News  

'Metroman' E Sreedharan will be Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, Union Minister V Muraleedharan said in a tweet on Thursday. "BJP will fight Kerala polls with E Sreedharan Ji as its Chief Ministerial Candidate. The New Kerala under E Sreedharan Ji will pave the way for an efficient & effective Govt in …

Sreedharan suited to adorn any post in Kerala, including CM's: State BJP chief
4 years, 1 month ago

Sreedharan suited to adorn any post in Kerala, including CM's: State BJP chief

Hindustan Times  

Kerala BJP President K Surendran on Sunday said that 'Metroman' E Sreedharan is suited to adorn any post in the state, including Kerala's Chief Minister's post. State BJP President said Sreedharan joining BJP shows that people are fed up with the anti-development stand of both the UDF and LDF. Speaking to media persons ahead of the BJP's statewide rally 'Vijayayathra' …

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan set to join BJP in Kerala: A look at prominent bureaucrats who took the political plunge
4 years, 1 month ago

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan set to join BJP in Kerala: A look at prominent bureaucrats who took the political plunge

Firstpost  

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has seen a consistent stream of bureaucrats joining the party since 2014. Sreedharan joins the ranks of current External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former home secretary RK Singh, former Mumbai Police commissioner Satyapal Singh, ex-bureaucrat Arvind Kumar Sharma, and General VK Singh, who was inducted into the party ahead of the Lok Sabha election in …

'Not a Sudden Decision': Metro Man E Sreedharan to Join BJP During Party's Vijaya Yathra in Kerala
4 years, 1 month ago

'Not a Sudden Decision': Metro Man E Sreedharan to Join BJP During Party's Vijaya Yathra in Kerala

News 18  

Ahead of Kerala elections due this year, ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party, announced Kerala BJP president K Surendran on Thursday. Meanwhile, the BJP’s state unit hopes that an iconic figure like Sreedharan joining the party will benefit them electorally in the upcoming state legislative assembly elections. If he contests in urban centre like …

PM Modi flags off India's first-ever driverless metro train in Delhi, launches National Common Mobility Card
4 years, 2 months ago

PM Modi flags off India's first-ever driverless metro train in Delhi, launches National Common Mobility Card

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India's first-ever driverless train on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line. At the event, Prime Minister Modi said, "The inauguration of the first driverless metro train shows how fast India is moving towards smart systems. Metro services to reach over 25 cities by 2025: PM By 2025, metro train services will be expanded to over …

PM to lay foundation stone for Nagpur broad gauge metro on September 7
5 years, 6 months ago

PM to lay foundation stone for Nagpur broad gauge metro on September 7

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting poll-bound Maharashtra on September 7 to inaugurate a few projects. Meanwhile, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said in Nagpur that the prime minister will perform the ground-breaking ceremony of a metro coach manufacturing facility located in Sindi dry port on September 7 evening. "The prime minister will also lay the foundation stone for a …

E Sreedharan resigns from Lucknow Metro
5 years, 9 months ago

E Sreedharan resigns from Lucknow Metro

Hindustan Times  

Metro Man E Sreedharan has resigned from the post of chief adviser of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation. A retired Indian Railway Service of Engineers officer, he was initially reluctant to take up the assignment but came on board for the prestigious project only after the then chief minister Akhilesh Yadav personally requested him to do so. LMRC officials admit that …

Don't support free rides for women in Delhi: 'Metro man' E Sreedharan to PM Modi
5 years, 9 months ago

Don't support free rides for women in Delhi: 'Metro man' E Sreedharan to PM Modi

India TV News  

Don't support free rides for women in Delhi: 'Metro man' E Sreedharan to PM Modi E Sreedharan was managing director of Delhi Metro. 'Metro man' E Sreedharan has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has urged him to not agree to Arvind Kejriwal-led government's decision of free metro rides for women. "I would very earnestly request you …

Surprised' by Sreedharan's opposition to Delhi govt's free travel scheme for women: Sisodia
5 years, 9 months ago

Surprised' by Sreedharan's opposition to Delhi govt's free travel scheme for women: Sisodia

India TV News  

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Friday said he was "surprised" by former DMRC chief E Sreedharan's opposition to the Delhi government's proposed free travel scheme for women. The deputy chief minister said due to proposed free scheme for women, the Delhi Metro's revenue will increase and ridership will go up, and more women will use the public transport. Opposing the …

Metro Man Sreedharan writes to PM Modi: 'Please don't agree with Delhi govt's free travel scheme for women'
5 years, 9 months ago

Metro Man Sreedharan writes to PM Modi: 'Please don't agree with Delhi govt's free travel scheme for women'

India TV News  

Opposing the AAP government's proposed free travel scheme for women in Delhi Metro trains, its former chief E Sreedharan has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to agree to the proposal as it would set "an alarming precedence". In a letter to the prime minister, Sreedharan, popularly called 'Metro Man', said if the Delhi government is "so keen" to help …

'Metro Man' Sreedharan appointed principal advisor to MRTCs in Jammu & Kashmir
6 years ago

'Metro Man' Sreedharan appointed principal advisor to MRTCs in Jammu & Kashmir

India TV News  

The Jammu and Kashmir Governor administration has approved the appointment of "Metro Man" E Sreedharan as the principal advisor to two mass rapid transit systems to be built in Jammu and Srinagar, an official said on Sunday. Appointed by former UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon to serve on the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport for three years …

PM Modi likely to lay foundation of Patna Metro rail on March 3
6 years, 1 month ago

PM Modi likely to lay foundation of Patna Metro rail on March 3

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendar Modi is likely to lay the foundation of the much-awaited Patna Metro Rail next month. "While it is not confirmed by the PMO yet, Modiji is likely to lay the foundation of Patna Metro Rail on March 3," Bihar Urban Development Minister Suresh Sharma told the media here on Tuesday. Sharma, a senior BJP leader, said that …

PM Modi gives nod to set up committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems
6 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi gives nod to set up committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday approved a proposal to set up a committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems in the country. Inaugurating Delhi Metro's Mundka-Bahadurgarh section earlier in the day, Modi said his government's priority was to build convenient, comfortable and affordable urban transport systems. This is because we felt aspects relating to metro systems need …

PM Modi allows setting up panel to lay down standards for metro rail systems
6 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi allows setting up panel to lay down standards for metro rail systems

Hindustan Times  

The government has set up a committee under former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan to lay down standardisation norms for components with an aim to cut costs in the construction and operation of metro rail systems in the country and bring them under the Make in India umbrella, senior officials of the Union housing and urban affairs ministry said on …

Modi approves committee for standardization of Metro systems in India, E Sreedharan may chair the committee
6 years, 9 months ago

Modi approves committee for standardization of Metro systems in India, E Sreedharan may chair the committee

Op India  

In another move to bolster national infrastructure and connectivity, Prime Minister Modi today approved the proposal for a committee to look into and create a national standardization for metro rails in the country. While inaugurating Delhi Metro’s Mundka- Bahadurgarh section earlier today, Prime Minister Modi talked about his government’s vision to build an urban public transit system which is convenient, …

PM Modi inaugurates Delhi Metro’s Mundka-Bahadurgarh section on Green Line
6 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi inaugurates Delhi Metro’s Mundka-Bahadurgarh section on Green Line

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Delhi Metro’s Mundka-Bahadurgarh section and said his government’s priority is to build convenient, comfortable and affordable urban transport systems in cities. This is because we felt aspects relating to metro systems need greater coherence and work as per a basic set of standards,” he said in his address. “Several nations helped us …

PM Modi inaugurates Hyderabad Metro, takes first ride; operations to start from tomorrow
7 years, 3 months ago

PM Modi inaugurates Hyderabad Metro, takes first ride; operations to start from tomorrow

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Hyderabad Metro Rail and took a ride along with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in its maiden run. Besides the chief minister of Telangana, Modi was accompanied by Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, Telangana's IT Minister …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Kochi Metro
7 years, 9 months ago

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Kochi Metro

The Hindu  

Kerala took a big leap in modern urban transport infrastructure development on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioning the first phase of the Kochi Metro rail service along a 13.2-km stretch between Aluva and Palarivattom. The Prime Minister also took a short inaugural ride on the Metro, accompanied by Governor P. Sathasivam, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Urban Development …

‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan will share stage with PM Modi for Kochi metro inauguration
7 years, 9 months ago

‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan will share stage with PM Modi for Kochi metro inauguration

India TV News  

Putting an end to the controversy over not being invited for the inauguration of the Kochi Metro, the Prime Minister’s Office approved the inclusion ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan in the ceremony on Saturday, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The office of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who wrote to the Prime Minister's Office yesterday asking it …

Make Metro a complete Make in India project: E Sreedharan to Narendra Modi
7 years, 10 months ago

Make Metro a complete Make in India project: E Sreedharan to Narendra Modi

Hindustan Times  

India’s ‘Metro man’ E Sreedharan has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make Metro a complete ‘Make in India’ project to bring down costs and benefit commuters, who got a jolt when fares were hiked steeply in Delhi recently. E Sreedharan said unless indigenisation is taken up seriously and vigorously, it will not be possible to reduce cost of Metro …

Karnataka Babu Mocks E Sreedharan for Criticising Bengaluru Metro
9 years, 7 months ago

Karnataka Babu Mocks E Sreedharan for Criticising Bengaluru Metro

The Quint  

Nobody said he was god. But to dismiss a life time of work done by Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, India’s metro man is to wander into the realm of the ridiculous. He is known to be up at the crack of dawn and at his desk before most others, helping governments across India build rapid transport systems in their expanding and often …

Modi need not privatise Rlys, but he would still need to corporatise it
10 years, 3 months ago

Modi need not privatise Rlys, but he would still need to corporatise it

Firstpost  

The Prime Minister has indicated that the Indian Railways will not be privatised, but corporatisation is unavoidable if it has to run it well commercially Privatisation of the Indian Railways, probably the world’s largest public sector enterprise outside the oil industry, was never on the cards, so one wondered why Narendra Modi had to re-emphasise this point yesterday in Varanasi. …

It is 30-km in phase one
10 years, 4 months ago

It is 30-km in phase one

The Hindu  

Indicating that the Metro Rail project for the city will cover 30 km in the first phase, Principal Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Government on Metro Rail Projects E. Sreedharan has said that the detailed project report will be ready in the next six months. “It is the Chief Minister’s vision that a part of the Metro Rail should be …

Fresh look at Metro Rail likely
10 years, 5 months ago

Fresh look at Metro Rail likely

The Hindu  

Principal Advisor to the Government of Andhra Pradesh on Metro Rail E. Sreedharan will take a fresh look at the Metro Rail proposed in the city. The Andhra Pradesh Government has sought the support of the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation, to which Dr. Sreedharan is Principal Advisor. During the last one year, the GVMC has done some exercise by inviting …

'Metro Man' Sreedharan takes part in Hyderabad metro train test run
10 years, 6 months ago

'Metro Man' Sreedharan takes part in Hyderabad metro train test run

India TV News  

Hyderabad: 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan on Monday participated in a test run of Hyderabad Metro Rail between two stations and termed, the construction and facilities created, as 'high quality' at a depot in Hydeabad. Mr Sreedharan, Principal Advisor to Delhi Metro Rail Corp, along with HMR Managing Director N V S Reddy took part in the train test run from …

Naidu ropes in Delhi ‘metro man’
10 years, 6 months ago

Naidu ropes in Delhi ‘metro man’

The Hindu  

In a major step towards realising the dreams of metro rail for Andhra Pradesh, the State government has appointed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation principal advisor E. Sreedharan as its advisor for metro rail projects. He announced the government’s intentions to set up metro rail projects in Visakhapatnam and VGTM area. The State government also proposed a metro rail project …

Sreedharan to be taken into confidence
10 years, 8 months ago

Sreedharan to be taken into confidence

The Hindu  

The government plans to take Principal Advisor to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation E. Sreedharan into confidence while appointing Kochi Metro Rail Limited as a consultant for the elevated Mass Rapid Transit System for Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram. A meeting chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at his chamber in the Assembly on Monday, decided to take Mr. Sreedharan into confidence …

Make Delhi Metro viable, reduce travel costs: Venkaiah
10 years, 9 months ago

Make Delhi Metro viable, reduce travel costs: Venkaiah

India TV News  

New Delhi: With an aim of promoting use of metro train service in the national capital and lending an ear to commuters, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today took a ride on it and said efforts will be made to popularise the service, make it more viable and reduce travel costs. Our people have got capacity and calibre if we …

Metro man E Sreedharan endorses Modi
11 years ago

Metro man E Sreedharan endorses Modi

India TV News  

New Delhi: ‘Metro man' E Sreedharan yesterday came out in support of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying he hoped bold decisions under his leadership will fasten government's decision-making process. Giving an example of good work done by Modi's administration in Gujarat, he said, “the factory in Salvi in Vadodra district of Gujarat for producing metro trains was set …

'Metro Man' Sreedharan features in BJP posters, party apologises
11 years, 1 month ago

'Metro Man' Sreedharan features in BJP posters, party apologises

Firstpost  

The BJP had posters across the national capital featuring the man credited with setting up the metro rail network in Delhi. Former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan unwittingly found himself drafted into the upper echelon of the BJP when a Delhi leader decided to plaster a poster across the city which featured him with Modi and other senior leaders. The …

Metro Man calls it a day
13 years, 2 months ago

Metro Man calls it a day

The Hindu  

‘Metro Man' E. Sreedharan on Saturday handed over the baton to his colleague Mangu Singh after a momentous 16-year tenure as Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation during which he constructed and spread the network far and wide across the National Capital Region. The ‘Metro Man', who joined the Indian Railways in 1953, flew in from Chennai on …

Sreedharan calls it a day; Mangu Singh new DMRC chief
13 years, 2 months ago

Sreedharan calls it a day; Mangu Singh new DMRC chief

Firstpost  

‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan today handed over the baton to his colleague Mangu Singh after a momentous 16-year tenure as Managing Director of Delhi Metro. ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan today handed over the baton to his colleague Mangu Singh after a momentous 16-year tenure as Managing Director of Delhi Metro during which he constructed and spread the network far and …

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