Summary:
more-inThe Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the interim consultant of the Light Metro proposed for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, is contemplating tough measures against the ‘go slow’ approach of the State government to expedite the ?6,728-crore project. The DMRC has informed the government that the French funding agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has expressed its willingness to give loan. The fate of the DMRC office in the State capital too hangs in the balance. Despite taking it up at the highest level, the DMRC has not been given the nod by KRTL to float global tenders for the rolling stock of the Light Metro. The government has been informed that the design of the civil structure for the Light Metro cannot be taken up without finalising details of the coach..