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"Asked whether he doubted "sabotage," Mr. Rajaram said it would be known after the police investigation." : Sabotage?! Any other possible excuse for a clear failure? Where is responsibility?
We will prove Sky Bus system is infallible: Rajaram THE HINDU
http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/28/stories/2004092804991300.htm By Anil Sastry
PANAJI, SEPT. 27. As Saturday's Sky Bus accident claiming one life in Margao in Goa seems to have given one more weapon to its critics, the Konkan Railway Corporation's Managing Director, B. Rajaram, who invented the new technology, says he is motivated to prove that the Metro is "infallible."
The Sky Bus Metro is under attack, primarily on safety. Even the Konkan Railway's former chief, E. Sreedharan, who now heads the Delhi Metro, had said that the technology was not a proven system.
Speaking on "Delhi Metro � changing the way of life in the city," at the French Embassy in New Delhi on September 16, he said the Sky Bus was 30-40 per cent costlier than the Metro Rail. It was also one-fourth less effective than the Metro.
`Not based on facts'
Reacting to this, Mr. Rajaram said the comments were not based on facts and that "the only proven system is the bullock cart." While Delhi Metro cost Rs. 120 crores a km for elevated metro and Rs. 250-300 crores for underground metro, the Sky Bus tally was Rs. 50 crores.
Mr. Rajaram told The Hindu that his mission was to see that the auto-correcting system worked at its best in running the bus. Gaining high speed was not a concern, but stopping of the bus needed control.
He pointed out that there was no derailment of coaches and the death occurred due to a fall from the coach. Ultimately, he was accountable for everything, he added.
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Asked whether he doubted "sabotage," Mr. Rajaram said it would be known after the police investigation.
Police register case
The Margao police have registered a case of "rash and negligent act" causing injury and death against two personnel.
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