India’s metroman E Sreedharan says he expects work on the Kochi Metro rail project to be completed in three years if various issues like strikes, shortage of sand and labour problem are avoided.
Sreedharan, who is the principal advisor to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, said this while delivering the keynote address at a function at Kannur University.
He said there would not be any problem if there was “social commitment”, which is of utmost importance. “Projects like Konkan railway and Delhi metro rail projects taught me this, he said.
Sreedharan said the Delhi metro rail project was completed before schedule and this was not because of any one individual but owing to team work.
At present four projects, the Kochi Metro rail, Rs 3,000 crore Thiruvananthapuram monorail, Kozhikode monorail and the Thiruvanathapuram-Kasargod High speed Rail Corridor are before me, he said.
The high speed rail corridor project when completed will enable one to travel from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod in two-and-a-half hours and Thiruvananthapuram to Kochi in 40 minutes, he said.
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