Summary:
more-inAn inquiry by the Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi into the Delhi Metro Airport Express Line’s conception and execution has found “serious criminal overtone and financial irregularities”, according to the inquiry report submitted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. In fact, Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd., the Reliance Infrastructure subsidiary that was involved in the project, had ended the contract as the DMRC had failed to correct defects. Defects in civil worksIn addition, the inquiry report said that there had been serious defects in the civil works carried out by the DMRC. The project was meant to be a high-speed Metro line with a maximum speed of 120 km/h, but the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety had given clearance for lower speed. Mr.
Khetan recommended an “independent criminal investigation” as well as an inquiry by experts on suggest ways to correct the “defects in the civil construction”..