About

• Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India.
• The first line of Delhi Metro was inaugurated by A.B.Vajpayee (former Prime Minister of India) on 24^th December, 2002.
• In 1995 GOI and GNCTD formed DMRC under the companies act to construct the Delhi Metro.
• Conceived as a social sector project, funding assistance was provided by the contribute by the Japanese Government.
• Rest was contributed by GOI and GNCTD through equity.

Delhi Metro: Urgency

• Metro is considered a transport option when population of a city crosses 1 million mark.
• Automobiles contributed to more than 2/3^rd of the total atmospheric population.
• Delhi had more registered vehicles than Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai put together.

Delhi Metro- Social Sector Project

• Globally, MRTS projects were financially unviable.
• Estimated cost of first phase of the project increased from Rs 60 billion to Rs 89.27 billion.
• In view of high cost and low financial IRR it was considered a project for the regional economy in more ways than one.

Delhi Metro- Project Team

• “Each member of the team was interviewed personally by me. I went through their track record particularly with regard to their integrity.”- Shreedharan
• Most of the staff was between 18&30 years.
• It had just two departments- Project Organization & Operations and Maintenance.

Delhi Metro- Problems in Recruiting

• Problem of skill shortage.
• Problem of Training.
• Problem of Lack of Experience.
• Problem of Corruption.

Delhi Metro- Planning Obstacles

• Lack of Funds.
• Political Interference.
• Lack of Professionalism.
• Accountability, Property, Disputes, etc.

Delhi Metro- Quality Management

• DMRC appointed a special quality assurance team independent of field executives.
• Each employee had to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) as against a benchmark.
• Every Monday, the heads of departments had to meet to review progress, set new targets or revise targets.

Delhi Metro- Cost Control

• The total expenditure of Delhi Metro was split into 3 broad heads-

1. Manpower
2. Energy
3. Material Including Maintenance

• Each of these accounted for approximately 1/3^rd of the project cost.
• DMRC employed only 45 persons per km of track as per international norms in contrast to Kolkata Metro which employed 3 times as many people.
• DMRC used Primavera Project Planner 3.0 for project planning and monitoring.

Disagreement between Shreedharan & Indian Railways

• Shreedharan was in favor of standard gauge, generally used in Metro system.
• IR favors the broad gauge, the gauge used over most of the railway network in India.
• GOI intervene and asked the DMRC to adopt the broad gauge for the Delhi Metro.

Protecting the Environment

• It pursued environmental and safety objectives.
• Construction sites were entirely covered.
• They used silent generators t work sites and also used light shields to reduce glare from work lights at night.
• DMRC took measures to dispose of water wastes.

Delhi Metro- Current Scenario

• Number of Lines: 06
• Number of Stations: 142
• Daily Ridership:8 Million
• Number of Vehicles: 210 trains
• Train Length: 4/6 Coaches