Who initiated Delhi metro project?

Deve Gowda and the Government of Delhi jointly set up a company called the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on 3 May 1995, with Elattuvalapil Sreedharan as the managing director. Sreedharan handed over the charge as managing director of DMRC to Mangu Singh on 31 December 2011.



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The foundation stone of the project was laid by Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, on 29 December 1972, and construction work started in 1973–74.

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Construction began in 1998, and the metro was operationalised on 24 December 2002 when then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the Red line of the metro from Shahdara to Tis Hazari.

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Before the pandemic, the Delhi Metro posted operational profits (Rs 758 crore in 2019-20), but once its loan amount is factored in, it is in the red. As on March 31, 2022, the Delhi Metro repaid Rs 8,199 crore of its loan, of which Rs 4,002 crore was interest alone.

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Ø 1984 – ON 24TH OCTOBER, METRO RAILWAY, KOLKATA, INDIA'S FIRST METRO WAS COMMISSIONED.

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June 12th marks the birthday of E. Sreedharan, popularly known as India's Metro Man. With his visionary leadership and engineering prowess, Sreedharan transformed the landscape of urban transportation in India.

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1. Delhi Metro. The Delhi Metro network consists of 12 color-coded lines with a total length of 391 kilometers. It is the largest and busiest metro rail system in India.

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THE world's first metro, now the world's oldest system, is the London Underground in England, which is more commonly known as the Tube, which was opened in 1863. At 402 kilometers in length the London Underground is also the world's second longest metro system.

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L&T Construction | Metro Rail Construction Company in India | L&T ECC.

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Kolkata is set to welcome India's first underwater metro train which will allow commuters to travel across the Hooghly river which separates West Bengal's capital from Howrah.

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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs also informed the Rajya Sabha earlier this month that all the operational Metro rail networks in the country are currently running in losses. The DMRC's annual report of 2021-2022 also reported a net loss of Rs 3808.63 crore.

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It will also become the eighth largest Metro network in the world by joining the coveted 400km club, which includes the transit systems of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Moscow and London. NEW DELHI: Next year, Delhi Metro will complete 20 years of operations.

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At 29 metres (95 ft) underground, Hauz Khas is the deepest station in Delhi Metro.

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