Tag: E Sreedharan

Hits & misses

Mr Sreedharan told media that his decision to join the BJP, despite it being only a bit player with a grand total of one MLA in the 140-member Kerala Assembly, was based on what he had observed living in the state post-retirement over the past 10 years. “I have seen different (Congress and Left) governments and they are not doing what can be done for the people.”

February 23, 2021

Kejriwal’s proposal of free travel for women ‘poll gimmick’, says E Sreedharan

Earlier, Sreedharan had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him not to agree to the Delhi government’s proposal of free rides for women.

June 22, 2019

Sagacious counsel

The Delhi Metro is not perfect, it has irked many citizens by constantly expanding to the satellite towns and forcing the “locals” to jostle for standing room in trains that are already overcrowded when they arrive in the metropolis, but few would wish the system to face financial ruin because some myopic neta has an eye on a forthcoming election.

June 18, 2019

‘Metro man’ Sreedharan warns PM of bankruptcy after AAP’s free ride for women plan

Earlier this month, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced free metro rides and free bus rides for women in Delhi, in a populist move that comes ahead of next year’s Assembly elections.

June 15, 2019

Sreedharan cites ‘lack of progress’ behind DMRC exit from Kerala metro projects

‘Metro man’ Elattuvalapil Sreedharan revealed on Thursday, 8 March, that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has withdrawn from major metro projects in Kerala because of “lack of progress”. This comes four years after the DMRC had submitted a Detailed Project Report (DPR) on the Light Metro project in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. The Kerala government also …

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March 8, 2018